Your Search API Company Is Liable
for Unlicensed Content

Every search API call, every scraped webpage, every data extraction puts your company at legal risk. Here's how to get indemnity protection through licensed content partnerships.

Your Search API Partners: Legal Liability Assessment

Every API call to these services exposes your company to copyright infringement claims. Here's your risk profile by provider.

Tavily

API Value: 3000+ character snippets with zero licensing

Your Cost: $5-8 per 1,000 API calls

Legal Risk: High - Reproduces substantial copyrighted content

⚠️ LIABILITY EXPOSURE: Severe

Each API call = potential copyright infringement claim against YOUR company

Serper

API Value: Google search wrapper with 150-char snippets

Your Cost: $0.30 per 1,000 searches

Legal Risk: Medium - Aggregates copyrighted headlines/descriptions

⚠️ LIABILITY EXPOSURE: Moderate

Search aggregation without licensing still exposes you to publisher claims

Firecrawl

API Value: Full-page content extraction for RAG/training

Your Cost: $0.80 per 1,000 results

Legal Risk: Extreme - Complete webpage reproduction

🚨 LIABILITY EXPOSURE: Critical

Full content scraping = maximum copyright infringement exposure

SerpApi

API Value: Search result scraping at scale

Your Cost: $5.50 per 1,000 searches

Legal Risk: High - Systematic content aggregation

⚠️ LIABILITY EXPOSURE: High

Scale of scraping increases both utility and legal risk

Bright Data

API Value: Enterprise web scraping infrastructure

Your Cost: $1.50 per 1,000 calls

Legal Risk: Extreme - Unlimited content extraction

🚨 LIABILITY EXPOSURE: Maximum

No rate limits = unlimited copyright infringement potential

SearchAPI

API Value: Google search API with content snippets

Your Cost: $40/month for 10,000 calls

Legal Risk: Medium - Search result aggregation

⚠️ LIABILITY EXPOSURE: Moderate

Regular search usage without licensing creates ongoing legal exposure

Legal Risk vs. Licensed Protection

Compare your current liability exposure to the cost of proper licensing

Provider Current Risk Level Licensing Cost Lawsuit Risk Protection Value
Tavily High Liability +$0.05 per call $500M+ exposure Full Indemnity
Firecrawl Critical Risk +$0.10 per page $1B+ exposure Complete Protection
SerpApi High Liability +$0.08 per 1K $250M+ exposure Legal Shield
Bright Data Maximum Risk +$0.15 per 1K $2B+ exposure Enterprise Indemnity

Your Company's Legal Exposure

$3.75B+

Combined potential liability from unlicensed content usage

Every search API company using these services without licensing faces massive copyright infringement exposure.

The Solution: Legal Indemnity Protection

Transform your liability exposure into competitive advantage through licensed content partnerships and copyright.sh indemnity.

For Search API Companies: Indemnity Through Licensed APIs

Protect your company from copyright lawsuits through our licensed API partners:

// BEFORE: Exposed to copyright claims async function getContent(url) { const response = await fetch(url); return response.text(); // Unlicensed = liable } // AFTER: Indemnified through copyright.sh async function getContent(url) { // Licensed API call with full indemnity const response = await fetch('https://api.copyright.sh/licensed-content', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer your_api_key', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ url: url, provider: 'tavily', // or firecrawl, serper, etc. indemnity: true }) }); // Content is now licensed + you have legal protection return response.json(); }

For Data Partners: Become a Licensed Provider

Transform your service into a legally protected offering:

# Partner with copyright.sh to offer indemnified APIs # Your clients get: # - Legal protection from copyright claims # - Premium pricing for licensed content # - Competitive advantage over unlicensed competitors # Integration example: POST /api/v1/search { "query": "AI trends 2024", "license_check": true, "indemnity": true, "client_id": "your_search_company_id" } # Response includes: { "results": [...], "license_status": "fully_licensed", "legal_protection": "Creator covenant-not-to-sue framework", "creator_payments": "$0.15 distributed automatically" }

How Search API Companies Gain Legal Protection

Three steps to transform liability into competitive advantage

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Get Indemnity Coverage

Partner with copyright.sh to receive comprehensive legal protection through our creator covenant-not-to-sue framework and AI company indemnification requirements.

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Automated Legal Compliance

Our API automatically handles licensing, payments, and legal compliance. No manual creator negotiations or legal research required.

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Competitive Differentiation

Market your search API as "legally compliant" and "creator-friendly" - a massive advantage over competitors facing lawsuits.

Legal Protection Value

Transform your massive liability exposure into a competitive advantage:

Current Exposure: $3.75B+ lawsuit risk
Licensing Cost: ~5% revenue increase
Legal Protection: Comprehensive covenant framework
Competitive Edge: "Legally compliant search API"

Protect Your Search API Company Now

Every day without licensing protection increases your legal exposure. Get indemnity coverage before the lawsuits start.