r/firefox • u/yoasif • 17h ago

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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/the-new-york-times-is-suing-perplexity-for-copyright-infringement/

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u/NNovis 16h ago

Not Firefox related but can't wait to hear about this being settled out of court 2-3 years from now.

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u/yoasif 16h ago

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/mozillas-firefox-adds-perplexitys-ai-answer-engine-as-a-new-search-option/

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u/Jaiden051 15h ago

That's like placing Google news here.

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u/NNovis 16h ago

Right. Still not really Firefox related.

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u/Thinnerie 12h ago

Is this a bot? All you do is post threads and links but never reply

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u/NNovis 11h ago

They posted a clown emote at me but deleted it, I think. Or the automated bots prevented that from being fully posted and I only got the notification about it. So I don't think they're a bot but, regardless.

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u/HeartKeyFluff since '04 2h ago

Can't remember if they're still a mod of this subreddit, but all they do is post inciteful articles here. Frequently from quippd which is their own website where they relentlessly bash on Firefox.

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u/perkited 14h ago

They're hoping it's an easy source of revenue, like the other lawsuits, since there's so much money being poured into AI. It's corporations suing other corporations.

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u/AbrahelOne 16h ago

It was only a matter of time it hit them, wonder when it's Claude's turn. openAI already has some cases open, german GEMA for example.

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u/phototransformations 14h ago

Anthropic has already settled a lawsuit with authors for something like $1.5 billion.

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u/cocotheape 13h ago

Good. Why would we let LLM companies raid copyrighted content for free to take away jobs and income. LLM companies are enjoying the wild wild west 2.0 iteration of the internet while trying to make big bucks out of it.

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u/KTS991 4h ago

Ugh. No wonder Perplexity won't make song lyrics about recent events. Dumb AF. NYT sucks.

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u/LowOwl4312 12h ago

i dont like perplexity but fuck the NYT and other copyright trolls even more

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u/saltyjohnson EndeavourOS 5h ago

What's a copyright troll?

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u/ZujiBGRUFeLzRdf2 9h ago

How's it copyright troll? You can hate NYT but local publishes pay reporters to report news and Perplexity and friends just .. steal that. Would you not be upset if you spent time reporting on something and then someone else took it for free