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“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

Monday, July 27, 2026


A court ruled in favor of a web scraper in a case involving Google and Reddit's use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to restrict data collection. The scraper argued that the companies' use of DMCA protections was improper. The court's decision addressed claims related to accessing publicly available information on both platforms.

Original reporting: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/google-wont-give-up-odd-war-against-ai-web-scraping-despite-court-loss/

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