“Really Simple Licensing” makes it easier for creators to get paid for AI scraping.
    • ccunning@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      19 hours ago

      I think the idea is that all parties would find it beneficial so they would be incentivized to read it:

      Leeds told Ars that the RSL standard doesn’t just benefit publishers, though. It also solves a problem for AI companies, which have complained in litigation over AI scraping that there is no effective way to license content across the web.

      • whiwake@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        4·
        19 hours ago

        I imagine that when it comes to scraping data, the benefits of having the data far out away the risk of getting sued for scraping it.

        • Spooky Mulder@twun.io
          5·
          14 hours ago

          Not to be That Guy, but with kindness I offer a small correction: “out away” -> “outweigh”.

          • whiwake@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            1·
            14 hours ago

            Thank you, I was talking to the phone and it did not know what out we were weighing.

        • ccunning@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          19 hours ago

          If nothing else it gets rid of one of the arguments they’re currently using in their defense at trial.

          • whiwake@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            2·
            19 hours ago

            I hear you, and totally agree. I just remain a bit skeptical that something like this will have any effect as long as AI is making money hand over fist

  • TheMightyCat@ani.social
    2·
    18 hours ago

    If there is a way to combine this with something like anubis this could be very interesting, then you are also not dependent on the honesty of reading the robots.txt

    Have a RSL license? here you go scrape the content.

    Trying to freeload? anubis time.