Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity AI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement
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Elissa Welle
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Summary
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI in New York federal court, alleging copyright and trademark infringement. The companies claim Perplexity's AI search engine scrapes their websites, steals internet traffic, plagiarizes copyrighted material, and attaches their names to hallucinated or incomplete content. Notably, Merriam-Webster accuses Perplexity of plagiarizing the definition of the word 'plagiarize' itself.
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Perplexity's 'answer engine' scrapes their websites, steals their internet traffic, and plagiarizes their copyrighted material
Britannica also alleges trademark infringement when Perplexity attaches the two companies' names to hallucinated or incomplete content
Merriam-Webster accused Perplexity of plagiarizing the definition of the word plagiarize
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