GRANTING PERMISSION: DESIGNING A LICENSING MODEL FOR GENERATIVE AI

Artists, authors, and media companies agree that the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI models requires a license and remuneration to rights owners. But how would such a licensing regime be implemented? If direct licensing is impractical at the scale required, how should any collective licensing system be designed? How would it be managed? Are existing collective licensing systems up to the task? This panel will examine how artists and rights owners in different media sectors thinking about the challenge.

Panelists:
Lori Fena, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco, Founder & Board Member, The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory, CEO & Co-Founder, Figaro.ai

Moderator:
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project