Will's Blog: A look at the debate over how much authors get paid for licensing books to AI companies; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50% (Alice Robb/Bloomberg)

10 February 2025

A look at the debate over how much authors get paid for licensing books to AI companies; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50% (Alice Robb/Bloomberg)

Alice Robb / Bloomberg:
A look at the debate over how much authors get paid for licensing books to AI companies; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50% — Most experts agree that tech companies should pay creators whose work is used to train artificial intelligence. Deciding on the right number is the hard part.

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