[HN Gopher] Reddit's Lawsuit Is a Dangerous Attempt to Expand Pl...
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       Reddit's Lawsuit Is a Dangerous Attempt to Expand Platform Power
        
       Author : paigealyse
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2026-03-13 18:18 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | mingus88 wrote:
       | So...if Reddit doesn't own the content, it belongs to the user
       | who posted it, then doesn't this only harm Serpai's case further?
       | 
       | I have posted to Reddit and I do not authorize any AI company to
       | use my posts as training data.
        
         | freddydumont wrote:
         | Reddit isn't trying to protect user content here. They're suing
         | to make sure they're the only ones who can monetize it.
         | 
         | Not sure how you'd reach the conclusion that it would harm
         | SerpApi's case. They're the ones being sued.
        
           | NewsaHackO wrote:
           | Is SerpApi asking each user for permission to use their posts
           | if they are saying that the rights of the posts belong to the
           | user?
        
             | snowwrestler wrote:
             | Copyright protects copying. Scraping content does not
             | violate copyright if the content is not republished.
             | Otherwise Google and all search engines would be illegal.
        
         | ralph84 wrote:
         | Then you are free to sue whoever you think is violating your
         | copyright. That's one of Serpapi's defenses: the owner of the
         | copyright needs to sue, not a non-exclusive licensee of the
         | copyright (Reddit).
        
           | NewsaHackO wrote:
           | This is a great legal defense, but if they are trying to make
           | themselves seen as though they are fighting for the rights of
           | the users and aren't doing the literal same thing that Reddit
           | is doing, that is disingenious.
        
         | snowwrestler wrote:
         | It doesn't hurt SerpApi's defense against Reddit's lawsuit,
         | because SerpApi does not need to prove they have your
         | permission. They only need to prove that Reddit does not have
         | the legal authority to prevent SerpApi from scraping your
         | content. Which they almost certainly don't.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Previously, and on the Perplexity side:
       | 
       |  _Our Response to Reddit, Inc. vs. SerpApi, LLC: Defending the
       | First Amendment_
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739889
        
       | metalliqaz wrote:
       | SerpApi: We're not scraping _reddit 's_ content, we're scraping
       | _user 's_ content, therefore Reddit trying to stop us is bad for
       | users
       | 
       | is that right? if so that's some real self-serving BS right there
        
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