Policy & Ethicsweb scrapingdigital publishersregulation
IAB Proposes Act Restricting AI Web Scraping
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This week the Interactive Advertising Bureau proposed a draft Act to curb AI scraping of publishers' content by enabling publishers to sue for unjust enrichment and seek treble damages. The draft would override fair-use defenses by invoking common-law unjust enrichment, enforce robots.txt compliance, and allow recovery of profits and legal costs. If adopted, it could raise legal and reputational risks for AI companies and require publisher-led enforcement.
Scoring Rationale
Strong industry relevance and credible IAB proposal, but limited novelty and uncertain legislative prospects.
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