X Presses to Dismiss Counterclaims in Data Scraping Case
X Corp. filed a reply on Tuesday that supports an earlier motion to dismiss data-scraping company Bright Data's counterclaims in a copyright case at the U.S. District Court of Northern California.
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"The antitrust laws do not require X to share with data scrapers," said X in the reply. "Quite the opposite: X has the right, like any company, to exclude rivals from its platform. That simple principle disposes of every counterclaim."
In case 23-03698, X alleged that Bright Data extracted and copied public data from the social media platform. In addition, X alleged Bright Data sells tools that help others extract and copy data.
X asserted breach-of-contract and sought to bar Bright Data from scraping data (see 2501130064). On Jan. 14, attorneys for X submitted a motion to dismiss the data scraper's counterclaims, which Bright Data opposed on Feb. 4 (see 2502040067).
X's motion to dismiss has a hearing scheduled for March 13 before Judge William Alsup.