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Web scraper wins court battle against Google and Reddit DMCA claims

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A web scraping company has secured a court victory against Google and Reddit, who had used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to challenge its data collection activities. The scraper's legal team argued that the two tech giants do not have exclusive ownership or control over publicly accessible internet content. Legal experts have described Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA as an unusual and aggressive legal strategy. The ruling is seen as a significant moment in the ongoing debate over who controls access to publicly available web data.

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