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2mo ago

French Media Outlets Take Legal Action Against AI-Powered News Site for Content Theft

Over 40 French news organizations seek to block News.DayFr.com, accusing it of using AI to plagiarize and reproduce thousands of articles daily.

Quarante médias saisissent la justice pour bloquer le site parasite «News.DayFr.com», statue de justice de Unsplash
Hormis Libération, les autres plaignants sont les groupes de presse La Dépêche du Midi, Sud Ouest, Publihebdos, La Montagne, Le Télégramme et La Nouvelle République du Centre (soit l’équivalent d’une quarantaine de titres de presse ou de déclinaisons locales).
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Overview

  • News.DayFr.com, an AI-driven website, is accused of stealing and reproducing over 6,000 articles daily from French media outlets without authorization.
  • A coalition of over 40 media organizations, including Libération and Sud Ouest, has filed a lawsuit to block the site in France, citing copyright violations.
  • The site reportedly translates and paraphrases stolen articles, often introducing errors and nonsensical phrasing, even when the original content is in French.
  • An investigation by Libération and Next identified News.DayFr.com as part of a larger network of AI-generated content sites, with over 1,000 such sites polluting the web with plagiarized or fabricated news.
  • Despite relatively low traffic, News.DayFr.com has raised concerns about its impact on traditional journalism, including loss of revenue from subscriptions and advertising.