Trans-Pacific scrap: Japanese newspaper sues Perplexity for alleged content scraping

Perplexity, facing lawsuits and accusations in the U.S., is now being sued in Japan, giving the content-scraping issue a global cast. 

Yomiuri Shimbun, reportedly Japan’s largest newspaper, with a circulation of six million, has filed a suit accusing Perplexity of copyright infringement, alleging that it has scraped 120,000 articles. The suit filed in Tokyo District Court seeks $14.7 million in damages and injunctive relief. 

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