August 7 News.JapanNewspaper news giant TheYomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)A lawsuit was filed today in the Tokyo District Court against the U.S. generative AI search firm Perplexity AI violates itscopyrightIt also demanded that the latter pay about 2.168 billion yen (note: the current exchange rate is about 106 million yuan).
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In its complaint, the Yomiuri Shimbun states that Perplexity AI obtained and copied information from the Yomiuri Shimbun Online article and sent the user a response similar to the content of the article, an act thatInfringement of the right of reproduction and public communication under the Copyright Law of Japan.. The Yomiuri Shimbun seeks a court order prohibiting Perplexity AI from copying articles and removing copied content.
The Yomiuri Shimbun also stated that Perplexity AI's service modelReduced access to Yomiuri Shimbun Online for users of the search functionThis resulted in a reduction in the advertising revenue available to the Yomiuri Shimbun and infringed the commercial interests of the Yomiuri Shimbun.