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ARTICLE · 15 APRIL 2026

Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

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Social media forum Reddit Inc. filed suit against Anthropic PBC in California state court, alleging that Anthropic scraped user content from its platform without authorization...

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Todd Densen
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Keane Barger
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In suit brought by Reddit against Anthropic for alleged unauthorized scraping of users’ content to train AI chatbot, district court remands action to state court, holding that Copyright Act does not preempt Reddit’s state-law claims.

Social media forum Reddit Inc. filed suit against Anthropic PBC in California state court, alleging that Anthropic scraped user content from its platform without authorization and used the content to train the large language models (LLMs) for its AI chatbot Claude. Reddit alleged five causes of action under California law: (1) breach of contract, (2) unjust enrichment, (3) trespass to chattels, (4) tortious interference with contract and (5) unfair competition under California Business & Professions Code Sec. 17200.

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