Amazon vs. Perplexity AI reaches the 9th Circuit, Case No. 26-1444
neom · hn · 2026-09-15
Amazon.com Services' lawsuit against Perplexity AI has been appealed to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (No. 26-1444), with the opinion published August 4, 2026. It's one of the most closely watched cases in AI search/crawling, and an appellate ruling could shape the legal boundaries of how AI companies scrape and use web content. The HN post only links to the opinion; details are in the original document.
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