By @law360
Publication Date: 2025-11-24 23:31:00
( November 24, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) — MLex Summary: Encyclopedia Britannica and its dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster told a US federal judge that Perplexity AI should not be allowed to shift liability for its copyright infringement to its users, opposing a motion to dismiss. They argued that although Perplexity wants to portray its technology in discrete, piecemeal parts, the complaint makes clear that copying of “inputs” by Perplexity and generation of “outputs” in response to user queries are part of an integrated system that operates as a whole to constitute the infringing answer engine.See attached file….
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