Disney has signed a one-year exclusive licensing deal with OpenAI to use its characters in the Sora video generator. After the exclusive period, Disney can partner with other AI companies. The deal allows Disney to explore generative AI while protecting its intellectual property.

Perplexity has secured a multi-year licensing agreement with Getty Images, allowing it to use Getty's photos in its AI search tools. This deal comes after accusations of content scraping and aims to legitimize Perplexity’s previous use of Getty's images while enhancing its attribution practices.

Perplexity has secured a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, allowing it to use Getty's stock photos in its AI search tools. This agreement follows allegations of plagiarism and aims to improve image attribution and compliance with copyright laws.

Internet companies and publishers have introduced the "Really Simple Licensing" (RSL) standard to combat unauthorized AI content scraping. This open protocol enhances robots.txt by providing automated licensing terms for content usage, allowing publishers to receive compensation for AI interactions with their material. The RSL standard supports various compensation models, including pay-per-crawl and pay-per-inference.

The article discusses the distinctions between permissive and copyleft licenses in open source software and content, explaining the author's shift from favoring permissive licenses to copyleft due to changes in the software landscape and philosophical considerations. It emphasizes the importance of copyleft in encouraging open source development and addressing power imbalances in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is exploring the implications of large language models (LLMs) on free software licensing, particularly regarding copyrightability and potential licensing issues of LLM-generated code. In a recent session, FSF representatives discussed the challenges posed by non-free models and the necessity for metadata and transparency in code submissions. The FSF is currently surveying free-software projects to better understand their positions on LLM output and is considering updates to the Free Software Definition rather than a new GPL version.