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Reddit scraping suit against Anthropic belongs in state court, US judge tentatively says

( March 20, 2026, 18:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Reddit's motion to remand its data-scraping lawsuit against Anthropic back to state court will be granted, US District Judge Trina Thompson said in a tentative ruling. Even though Reddit’s content "may fall within the broad subject matter of copyright, none of the asserted causes of action against Defendant Anthropic PBC seeks to vindicate rights equivalent to those protected by copyright," Thompson said. "The Court also tentatively finds each claim arises from alleged violations of contractual restrictions on the method and purpose of access, technical trespass and server impairment, interference with privacy covenants owed to users, and affirmative misrepresentations made by Defendant." See attached file....

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