Generative AI Licensing
Workplace Generative AI permissions
When using AI tools in the workplace, publications are increasingly likely to be used as prompts, for summarisation or data extraction. From 1 May 2025, CLA will be updating and extending our licences for corporate and public sector organisations to cover Workplace Generative AI use. These new permissions will enable UK professionals to use copyright protected content to prompt GAI tools (Subject to certain terms and conditions.)
Text and Data Mining (TDM)
TDM, or text and data mining, uses computational methods to dig out valuable insights and patterns from huge amounts of information. Organisations leverage TDM to uncover hidden trends and extract key facts, giving them a competitive edge and boosting efficiency.
CLA’s new TDM Licence, which is available to customers holding CLA’s existing Business Licence, will permit a licensee to copy works published by participating publishers for the purpose of undertaking TDM. The licence does not allow the use of content in training or prompting Generative AI models.
For more information, please visit: cla.co.uk/tdm-licensing
Generative AI Training
We are also consulting with our Members on the collective licensing of Generative AI training, to ensure that all rightsholders can be compensated when AI firms use their content in training LLMs.
We hope to be able to make further announcements about these exciting developments very soon.
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The GAI Revolution
Based on exclusive research with nearly 4,000 professionals in both the private and public sectors, these sector reports uncovers how UK professionals are using generative AI (GAI) in the workplace and the copyright implications this creates.
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of GAI users have used third-party content in prompts for GAI tools
nearly half of GAI users aren't concerned about copyright risks
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