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Reddit defends amended DMCA claims against Anthropic, data scrapers

( April 17, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Reddit opposed a motion to dismiss its amended complaint against Anthropic and data scrapers Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy and SerpApi. “Defendants do not even attempt to deny that they circumvented technological measures effectively controlling access to vast amounts of Reddit content. Rather, they seek to excuse their misconduct by relying on flimsy misreadings of the relevant law, a bizarre interpretation of standing requirements, and a breathtakingly expansionist read of preemption that would immunize them from all business torts. None of their arguments have any merit,” it argued. See attached file. ...

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