Unlocking the Future: How AI Copyright Licensing Could Revolutionize the GAI Market Overnight
Direct Voluntary AI Licensing Markets are Thriving
Licensing can satisfy demands for a variety of uses of a copyrighted work, and specific licensing terms can and are being agreed to for GAI training. These types of licensing agreements ensure the development of high functioning generative models without devaluing copyright law and the works it protects.
The diverse licensing options for rightsholders and AI companies that support ethical innovation continue to expand. The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) amicus curiae in Kadrey v. Meta lists over 30 direct licensing agreements between textual works rights holders and AI companies—demonstrating how recent court holdings, which entirely dismissed the AI licensing market, would harm a $2.5 billion market projected to reach $30 billion within the decade.
