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Scribd made $83 million selling energy industry standards, trade group says

By Melissa Ritti ( July 31, 2025, 15:44 GMT | Insight) -- The American Petroleum Institute moved yesterday for leave to file amended copyright and unfair competition claims against Scribd following months of “stonewalling” by third parties like Google and Apple. The complaint takes aim at the digital document library’s sale of oil and gas industry standards to, among others, artificial intelligence companies — posing a threat, API says, to worker safety and the environment.After nearly a year of subpoenas, the American Petroleum Institute yesterday sought permission to file amended copyright infringement and federal unfair competition claims over the unauthorized publication of oil and gas industry standards online....

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