Anthropic insists Reddit's data-scraping case belongs in US federal court
By Amy Miller ( September 17, 2025, 23:15 GMT | Insight) -- Anthropic says a data-scraping lawsuit filed by Reddit belongs in federal court because the claims implicate US copyright law, which means they’re also preempted. But Reddit disagrees and argues that preemption doesn’t apply because the case is a contract — not a copyright — dispute.Anthropic argues that a data-scraping lawsuit filed by Reddit belongs in federal court because the claims implicate US copyright law, which means they’re also preempted....
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