The New York Times just sued Perplexity AI. This is the 65th copyright lawsuit filed against an AI company in the United States.
Counts: (1) Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 106(1)) – Perplexity’s Acquisition of the Chicago Tribune’s Copyrighted Works to Create “Inputs” for its GenAI Products; Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 106(2)) – Perplexity’s Copying of the Chicago Tribune’s Copyrighted Works to Create “Outputs” to User Queries; (3) Contributory and Vicarious Copyright Infringement; (4) False Designation of Origin and Dilution of the Chicago Tribune’s Trademark (15 U.S.C. § 1125), (5) Trademark Infringement (15 U.S.C. § 1114).
The New York Times is represented by Steven Lieberman, Jennifer B. Maisel, Robert Parker, Jenny L. Colgate, Kristen J. Logan, Bryan B. Thompson, Alexandra Hughes, ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
This is the 6th suit — and 4th in 8 days — filed by the law firm of Rothwell Figg. It probably is not the last.
The New York Times is seeking to make the case related to Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI and be assigned to Judge Polk Failla: “This lawsuit is brought on behalf of news publisher The New York Times Company (“The Times”). The Times asserts overlapping copyright claims against the same Defendant as the Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., and Chicago Tribune cases. The claims arise from substantially similar acts, including the Defendant’s unauthorized use of The Times’s content to power Defendant’s generative artificial intelligence products and tools. Accordingly, some of the basic legal theories, sources of liability, relief requested, basis of jurisdiction, and factual allegations regarding Defendant’s conduct brought in the Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., and Chicago Tribune cases are the same. We expect that there will be substantial overlap between the legal and factual issues among the cases, and
designating these cases as related would avoid duplicative efforts, expenses, and burdens on the
Court. Counsel for The Times also serves as counsel for Plaintiff in the Chicago Tribune case.”
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