Brave Browser Under Fire: How AI Scraping and Paywall Bypassing Triggered a Major Media Lawsuit
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe New York Times, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging that the browser’s web index is sold to AI companies for training and that its features help users bypass subscription paywalls. The case marks a new front in the AI copyright wars, targeting not just AI labs but the data infrastructure that feeds them.