What Disney's collapsed OpenAI deal signals
A reported billion-dollar licensing deal died when Sora was discontinued. The contract terms brands need to survive a model product being switched off.
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Writing license terms for prompt packs and LoRAs
Four decisions decide whether a buyer comes back: commercial use, redistribution, retraining, and derivative outputs. Written out as plain-language tiers.
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Buying a music model on training provenance
ElevenLabs Music trained under Merlin and Kobalt deals; Suno is still on a settlement track. How to compare music models on provenance and what to ask legal.
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What makes an AI print design legally protectable
A raw prompt output carries no copyright, so a rival can clone your best seller legally. The human steps that turn a generation into a protectable design.
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Market dilution: the theory Kadrey left open
Meta won summary judgment on an expressly thin record while the court signalled that market-dilution evidence could change the result. This is unsettled.
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Open-weight video licenses and what you can ship
Open weights do not mean open usage. Four clauses decide whether a downloaded video model can run a paid campaign — and which entity has to pass the test.
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The UK dropped its TDM opt-out plan
The March 2026 report abandoned the broad text-and-data-mining exception with rightsholder opt-out. Here is the UK status quo that actually applies now.
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What the Anthropic settlement did not decide
Final approval landed 20 July 2026, but a settlement creates no precedent. The ruling underneath it split lawful acquisition from training.
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Which stock agencies still accept AI submissions
Shutterstock and Getty refuse contributor AI outright. Adobe Stock accepts it with a declaration — here is the one viable channel and what it actually pays.
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