New AI licensing scheme helps smaller publishers strike deals with platforms

New AI licensing scheme helps smaller publishers strike deals with platforms

A new collective licensing scheme for the “fair and lawful” use of content in AI products has launched in the UK. The project is being led by non-profit organisation Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) and is open to all types of small and large content publishers including magazines, digital news media, books and academic publications (whether they are currently PLS members or not). The aim is to create an online content store that AI companie…

UK publishing body unveils first AI licensing initiative

Publishers' Licensing Services has launched a licensing initiative designed to ensure AI's use of published works is done legally and fairly.

UK’s PLS launches collective AI licensing scheme for publishers | Books+Publishing

In the UK, Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) has launched an opt-in collective licensing scheme designed to “ensure the use of published work by AI companies in generative AI is both fair and lawful”, reported the Bookseller. The scheme will “operate alongside direct agreements between publishers and AI companies, providing an additional route for publishers of […]

Publishers want AI companies to pay for using their content

A new licensing initiative has been launched in London to give publishers a clearer way to control how their content is used in generative AI systems. Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) has announced the first stage of an industry led collective licensing scheme that will allow publishers to license their work to AI companies under a shared framework. The announcement was made at the London Book Fair, where PLS is encouraging publishers to tak…