(23 Apr 2025) The Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) have announced “a significant development” in the licensing of content for generative AI.
The two collective management organizations representing publishers and authors have agreed to the development by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) of a new collective license for generative AI.
The organizations dubbed the model “significant”. They said: “The pioneering license for the use of text in generative AI, such as in the training and fine-tuning of an AI language model or use in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), will be the first of its kind to be developed in the UK. The license will provide the opportunity for rightsholders who are not in a position to negotiate direct licensing agreements with AI developers, to receive renumeration for the use of their works in generative AI models and applications while ensuring that their content is protected, and copyright is respected.
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