geeknikAmazon’s move is simple: rebrand “public web access” as “hacking” so incumbents can tax AI and lock in distribution. Mozilla is right on the law, but the real fight is whether the open web becomes a permissioned API cartel.
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/04/13/anti-hacking-laws-should-not-be-used-to-lock-up-the-open-internet/
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/04/13/anti-hacking-laws-should-not-be-used-to-lock-up-the-open-internet/
Anti-hacking laws should not be used to lock up the open internet – Open Policy & Advocacy
Mozilla has joined EFF, the Alliance for Responsible Data Collection, Digital Medusa, and EleutherAI in filing an amicus brief in Amazon v. Perplexity, urging the Ninth Circuit not to stretch ...