AI (artificial intelligence) companies have faced a lot of criticism from artists, developers, companies and authors around the world for training their AI models with copyrighted data. Now, one of the world’s largest publishers, Penguin Random House (PRH), has taken steps to protect its authors and ensure that AI companies do not use their work to train their AI models.
According to a report from The Bookseller (via Engadget), Penguin Random House has modified the copyright rules printed on the cover of its books to prevent artificial intelligence companies from using the content of its books to train various computer models. artificial intelligence. “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any way for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems,” the updated text now says.
In addition to this, the company has also added special provisions in its copyright rules that prevent artificial intelligence companies from extracting the text of your book for use. “In accordance with Article 4(3) of the Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790, Penguin Random House expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception,” the company says in the amended section of the cover of his books.
Additionally, the report says that these changes will be included in all new titles and reprints that the company publishes worldwide and are in line with the European Parliament’s directive on data and text mining exceptions and ownership.
For non-experts, the EU Parliament’s directives include “a mandatory exception allowing research organizations to make reproductions and extractions to carry out TDM of works or other subjects to which they have legal access for the purposes of scientific research” . To put this into perspective, research organizations can use authors’ work for text and data mining for research purposes only if they have the relevant permissions from the publisher.
What does this mean?
With this, Penguin Random House has become the first major publisher to amend its copyright rules to reflect the rapid development of AI models and their adoption. It also marks a firm stance by the company on AI models that are trained with text from books without the relevant permissions.
It’s worth noting that not all publishers have objected to AI companies using their authors’ work to train their AI models. Some publishers, such as Wiley, Taylor & Francis and Oxford University Press, have partnered with artificial intelligence companies, giving them the right to use their authors’ works to train their large language models, or LLMs.
Disclaimer:
The information contained in this post is for general information purposes only. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the post for any purpose.
We respect the intellectual property rights of content creators. If you are the owner of any material featured on our website and have concerns about its use, please contact us. We are committed to addressing any copyright issues promptly and will remove any material within 2 days of receiving a request from the rightful owner.