"Penske Media, which owns publications including Rolling Stone, Variety and Billboard, is suing Google, alleging that the search giant is illegally using their content and that of other publishers to fill out the AI Overviews that have become a fixture at the top of Google search results. In a lawsuit filed Friday in US District Court for the District of Columbia, Penske argues that Google's "misconduct" through its monopoly in online search has coerced publishers to acquiesce to misappropriation of their content, diverting readers away"
"In 2024, that same district court ruled that Google illegally protects its search monopoly. Earlier this month, Judge Amit Mehta issued the penalty finding in that case, saying that the company must share some of its search data with competitors."
"Google on Monday pushed back against Penske's lawsuit, saying that it is providing a valuable service. "Every day, Google sends billions of clicks to sites across the web, and AI Overviews send traffic to a greater diversity of sites," said José Castañeda, a policy communications manager at Google. "We will defend against these meritless claims.""
Penske Media filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that Google uses publishers' content to populate AI Overviews that appear atop search results. The complaint claims Google's search monopoly coerces publishers into acquiescing to content misappropriation, diverting readers from publishers' sites and reducing publishers' revenue and ability to monetize journalist-created content. The suit warns that decreased traffic and revenue could lead to less online publishing content for consumers. A 2024 district court ruling found that Google illegally protected its search monopoly and ordered remedies. Google counters that AI Overviews drive billions of clicks and broader traffic to sites and will defend the claims.
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