Google Files DMCA Suit Targeting SerpApi’s SERP Scraping

Google sued SerpApi in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the company developed methods to bypass protections Google deployed to prevent automated scraping of Search results and the licensed content they contain.

Why This Case Is Different

Unlike previous cases that focused on terms-of-service violations or broader scraping methods, Google’s complaint is built on DMCA anti-circumvention claims.

Google argues SearchGuard is a protection measure that controls access to copyrighted works appearing in Search…