Decisions · Policy · Netherlands

Generative AI and Author Remuneration

Martin Senftleben (Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam) · 2023 · Proposal · non-binding

IIC 54 (2023), pp. 1535 to 1560

AI training and copyright

Can AI be trained on protected works?

Closer to only with permission or pay

A levy on generative AI providers instead of training-based licensing

Why hereCloser to 'only with permission or pay': training would not need licences, but AI providers would pay a general levy for authors. Payment is required, through a levy rather than consent.

What it says

Because generative AI may displace authors' income, copyright should secure equitable remuneration. Rather than a training-based model built on the text and data mining opt-out, the paper prefers an output-oriented levy imposing a general payment obligation on AI providers, combinable with mandatory collective management, with revenue funding authors.

Pay creators from AI revenue, without slowing down training in Europe.

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