CNN sues Perplexity for verbatim copying: can ‘answer engines’ ignore paywalls?
cnn sued perplexity for allegedly reproducing its paywalled content verbatim, adding to the startup's growing list of copyright battles.
cnn has sued perplexity in a new york court, alleging the ai startup ignores anti-scraping measures and reproduces its paywalled work 'verbatim' without permission. the lawsuit cites instances where prompting perplexity with a cnn article title generated near-identical text, specifically targeting content behind cnn's subscription. this follows failed licensing talks and places cnn alongside the new york times and news corp in challenging the legality of ai-driven answer engines that bypass publisher paywalls.