Anthropic argues for keeping Reddit data scraping lawsuit in federal court
( September 16, 2025, 20:34 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthropic is opposing Reddit's motion to send its data scraping lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company to California state court, arguing the suit is a copyright case and belongs in federal court. "The essence of Reddit’s Complaint is that Anthropic allegedly copied user-generated content from Reddit’s platform without paying licensing fees to Reddit," Anthropic said. "That is a quintessential copyright claim." See attached file....
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