AI Licensing

AI/TDM Licensing Markets and Business Models for Creative Works

The following is a list of existing AI licenses or ongoing negotiations to illustrate the robust and ongoing licensing markets for AI use of creative works. As evidenced in the list, there are multitudes of AI licenses being struck across a wide spectrum of creative disciplines. Copyright owners continue to engage in licensing for AI researchers and developers. The licenses are listed by the name of the copyright owners or by collective licensing organizations/companies.

Collective Licensing Organizations/Companies

Publishing

Adam Mathew (AM) Digital

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Atlas Obscura

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Copyright Clearance Center

Cambridge University Press

Elsevier

HarperCollins

IOPScience

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

JSTOR

Mediahuis

  • AI Licensing Deal (ProRata.ai)

Oxford University Press

ProQuest

Royal Society

Sage Journals

Springer Nature

Taylor & Francis

Wiley Online Library

TIME, Fortune, The Texas Tribune, WordPress.com, Der Spiegel, Entrepreneur

  • TDM License (Perplexity AI)
  • AI License Deal (Amazon)
  • AI License Deal (OpenAI)
  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Visual Arts/Images/Platforms

Arena Group

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Getty Images

Reddit

Shutterstock

Vox Media

News Media Publishers

Adweek

  • AI License Deal (Perplexity)
  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Agence-France-Press

  • AI License Deal (Mistral)

American Journalism Project

  • AI License Deal (OpenAI)

The Atlantic

Associated Press

Axel Springer

Axios

Business Insider

  • AI License Deal (Amazon)

Buzzfeed

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Condé Nast

DMG Media Group

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Dotdash Meridith

Financial Times

Forbes

  • AI License Deal (Amazon)

Guardian Media Group

Hearst

Hello!

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

The Independent

  • AI License Deal (Perplexity)

The Los Angeles Times

  • AI License Deal (Perplexity)

News/Media Alliance (on behalf of its members)

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

News Corp

New York Times

Prisa Media

Reach PLC

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

Reuters

Schibsted Media:

Sky Media Group

  • AI License Deal (ProRata.ai)

USA Today

  • AI License Deal (Amazon)
  • AI License Deal (Microsoft)

The Wall Street Journal

  • AI License Deal (Dow Jones)

The Washington Post

Music

Rightsify

ShutterStock

Sony Music Entertainment

  • (Ongoing negotiations) AI License (Udio and Suno)
  • (Ongoing negotiations) AI License (YouTube)

Universal Music Group

Warner Music Group

  • (Ongoing negotiations) AI License (Udio and Suno)
  • (Ongoing negotiations) AI License (YouTube)