Dow Jones Negotiates Content Licensing for AI with 4,000 News Publishers

(CLO) Instead of just suing, Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, has built a platform to help 4,000 publishers worldwide proactively negotiate and sign content licensing agreements with AI organizations.

In recent months, a series of lawsuits have erupted over the unauthorized use of copyrighted content to train models. Among them, The Intercept sued OpenAI for illegally using its data to train its GPT-3 language model.

Similarly, The Atlantic exposed how major tech companies like Anthropic, Meta, Nvidia, and Apple use subtitles from movies and TV shows to train AI models. The New York Times also sent a “cease and desist” letter to Perplexity, demanding that the company stop using their content without permission.

Dow Jones' Factiva platform interface. Photo: screenshot

In this complex context, Dow Jones - the owner of the Wall Street Journal - made a remarkable move. Instead of simply suing, Dow Jones proactively negotiated and signed content licensing agreements for AI with nearly 4,000 publishers worldwide through the Factiva platform.

“We are a publisher, we have journalists. Our journalists work hard to report the news accurately and fairly. Their work deserves to be recognized, appreciated, and licensed accordingly,” said Traci Mabrey , CEO of Factiva.

The deals are for business information platforms and news databases that host online articles, newspapers, magazines and radio broadcast transcripts. Among the thousands of publishers that have signed the deals are The Associated Press, The Washington Post and AWP Financial News.

There are several reasons for Dow Jones' decision. First, Dow Jones recognizes the importance of protecting intellectual property and ensuring that journalists are fairly compensated for their work.

Second, by entering into licensing agreements, Dow Jones could set a new precedent for the media industry, creating a clearer legal framework for using data to train AI models.

Factiva's licensing agreements include several notable points:

Global reach : Participating publishers come from 160 countries and speak 29 different languages.

Transparency : Factiva provides publishers with detailed information about how they use publisher data, ensuring transparency and building trust.

Fair Pay : Publishers will be paid when their content is used in AI-generated summaries.

Developing analytics tools : Factiva is researching and developing more in-depth analytics tools to track data usage and accurately calculate payouts to publishers.

Hoa Giang (according to Dow Jones, WSJ, Niemanlab)

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