Summary
Reddit, Inc. sued Anthropic PBC, alleging Anthropic scraped vast amounts of Reddit's user-generated content without authorization, license, or compensation to train its Claude AI models, breaching Reddit's User Agreement by bypassing technical safeguards like robots.txt.[1][2][4] Reddit brought five California state-law claims—breach of contract, unjust enrichment, trespass to chattels, tortious interference with contract, and unfair competition under Business & Professions Code §17200—originally filed in state court on July 3, 2025; Anthropic removed to NDCA (3:25-cv-05643-TLT) claiming Copyright Act preemption, but the court denied remand on March 30, 2026, finding no preemption due to extra elements like privacy protections.[1][3][4] The case, testing platform terms enforcement and scra
Case details
- Court
- NDCA
- Docket number
- 3:25-cv-05643
- Filed
- Jul 3, 2025
- Status
- Active
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