On March 10, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to demand a new licensing framework for AI training. Across the Atlantic, private data brokers are raising tens of millions to license content directly. Both approaches claim to solve the same problem. Neither does. The problem is structural. The resolution leans heavily on Collective Management Organizations. And what we know about them should give visual creators pause.
Source: The Licensing Mirage: Why Collective Models Won’t Save the Visual Industry from AI