Topic: content licensing
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AI's Free Web Scraping Era Ends With New Licensing Protocol
Major publishers and tech firms have introduced the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard to give content creators control and compensation when their work is used by AI systems. RSL replaces the simplistic robots.txt approach with enforceable, granular licensing terms, allowing publishers to sp...
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Reddit and Google Deepen AI Partnership in New Talks
Reddit and Google are negotiating to integrate Reddit's content more deeply into Google's AI tools, potentially changing how information is curated and presented. Reddit is pursuing a dynamic pricing model for its data, aiming to be compensated as an essential supplier based on the value of its u...
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AI Firms Face New Robots.txt Rules for Pay-Per-Output Models
A new protocol called Really Simply Licensing (RSL) has been introduced to modernize robots.txt, allowing publishers to specify automated licensing terms and demand compensation for AI training or output generation. Supported by major platforms like Reddit and Yahoo, RSL is an open, decentralized...
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Netflix to Stream Spotify Podcasts Starting in 2026
Netflix will integrate select Spotify video podcasts into its platform starting in the U.S. in early 2026, offering subscribers diverse entertainment like sports, culture, and true-crime shows. This partnership aims to expand distribution for podcasts and connect them with new global audiences, w...
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NBCUniversal's New Deal Brings YouTube TV, Peacock and Sports Together
NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have formed a multi-year partnership to bundle live sports, entertainment, and streaming services, ensuring subscribers retain access to NBCUniversal's channels and expanding content reach across Google's platforms. The agreement includes the revival of NBC Sports Netw...
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Google's Web Dominance: Why We Must Defend Independent Sites
Google's AI Overviews and chatbots are reducing traffic to independent websites by providing immediate answers, leading to significant revenue declines for publishers like WikiHow. Despite Google's role in creating this disruption, its ad tools and content licensing agreements provide essential s...
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Reddit Sues Perplexity Over Alleged Google Data Scraping
Reddit is suing four data firms, including Perplexity and SerpApi, for allegedly scraping its content via Google without permission to train AI models, seeking damages and injunctions. Google is tightening restrictions on data scraping and API access, while AI-generated summaries and zero-click s...
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Hollywood's AI Dilemma: An Industry in Crisis
A deep divide exists between Silicon Valley and Hollywood over AI's integration, with the entertainment industry facing a critical juncture as AI threatens business models and intellectual property rights. Tech leaders like OpenAI's Sam Altman promote AI as a creative tool for deeper audience eng...
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Track How AI Is Mentioning Your Brand
Generative AI systems like ChatGPT are creating a new discovery layer where brand visibility occurs before traditional analytics can track it, building upon but not replacing conventional SEO foundations. These AI platforms use unique citation methods that don't appear in standard analytics, crea...
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Reddit Sues Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping
Reddit is suing Perplexity AI and three data-scraping firms for industrial-scale copyright infringement, alleging they unlawfully bypassed protections to harvest user content without permission. Perplexity AI is accused of using these services to obtain Reddit data for its AI engine instead of pu...
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Customize Your NotebookLM Audio Overviews In-App: A Quick Guide
NotebookLM's mobile app has introduced enhanced customization for its Audio Overview tool, allowing users to adjust audio length and include guiding prompts for more tailored outputs. The update includes significant performance improvements, such as a 95% reduction in buffering times and easier a...
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Brands Unite to Monetize AI Training Data with New Licensing Standard
The Really Simple Licensing (RSL) framework offers publishers a structured way to monetize content used for AI training by embedding licensing and royalty terms directly into their materials. RSL is supported by a coalition of major publishers and aims to democratize compensation, moving beyond t...
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