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AI companies face mounting US circumvention claims outside music arena

By Emma Whitford ( October 24, 2025, 21:50 GMT | Comment) -- A legal strategy targeting the data-collection practices of artificial intelligence music startups is also increasingly being wielded against the makers of text-based chatbots, a new US Reddit lawsuit against Perplexity AI shows. For Reddit, the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a primary line of attack, while other plaintiffs are using DMCA circumvention claims as part of a belt-and-suspenders approach.  A legal strategy targeting the data collection practices of artificial intelligence music startups is also increasingly being wielded against the makers of text-based chatbots, a new US lawsuit against Perplexity AI shows....

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