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Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

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

🏛️ NDCA· Case No. 3:25-cv-05643· Filed Jul 3, 2025

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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