"Now, a group of technologists and web publishers has launched a system that would enable data licensing at massive scale - provided AI companies take them up on it. Called Real Simple Licensing (RSL), the system is already being backed by major web publishers like Reddit, Quora and Yahoo. The question now is if that momentum will be enough to bring major AI labs to the bargaining table."
"On the technical side, the RSL Protocol lays out specific licensing terms a publisher can set for their content, whether that means AI companies need a custom license or to adopt Creative Commons provisions. Participating websites will include the terms as part of their "robots.txt" file in a prearranged format, making it straightforward to identify which data falls under which terms."
Anthropic settled a $1.5 billion copyright case, and as many as 40 additional lawsuits seek damages for unlicensed training data, including a Midjourney case involving Superman imagery. Without a licensing system, AI companies face potentially crippling copyright litigation that could slow industry progress. Real Simple Licensing (RSL) aims to enable internet-scale data licensing and already counts major publishers such as Reddit, Quora, and Yahoo as supporters. RSL specifies machine-readable licensing terms via an RSL Protocol embedded in robots.txt and establishes the RSL Collective to negotiate licenses and collect royalties, modeled on collective licensing organizations in music and film.
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