Technology
Aug. 13, 2026
Reddit, Anthropic clash over copyright preemption at demurrer hearing
Anthropic urged a San Francisco judge to find Reddit's state law claims preempted by the Copyright Act, while Reddit argued its claims contain additional elements that take them beyond copyright.
Anthropic and Reddit spent nearly two hours Wednesday arguing whether the Copyright Act preempts claims in Reddit's lawsuit accusing the artificial intelligence company of improperly scraping content from its platform.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn heard arguments on Anthropic's demurrer, which contends Reddit's state law causes of action are preempted because they ultimately rest on allegations that Anthropic copied publicly available Reddit conten...
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