Journal Home Browse Issues Search Articles Submissions About the Journal Copyright Fixation Podcast Subscribe Go back to Issues C+T Panel 2 - A THOUSAND TIMES NO: THE PRACTICALITIES OF OPT-OUT FOR AI TRAINING 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1023 (2025) Adam Rendle Partner, Taylor Wessing, London Daan_Archer_47 COPYRIGHT DELTA Ali Sternburg VP of Information Policy at the Computer and Communications Industry Association Thomas Sullivan Partner, Ballard Spahr Abstract Generative AI gives rise to many questions about how to license very large amounts of content efficiently where the need arises. One of the types of licensing schemes that has been discussed is “opt-out,” in which online services use copyrighted material unless rightsholders tell them not to (e.g., YouTube), as opposed to “opt-in,” in which online services require permissions from rightsholders to use their content (e.g., Spotify). This panel discusses deliberations and controversies over opt-out schemes for AI training that have taken place in the UK and EU as well as in the US, and some of the technical challenges in implementing workable opt-out schemes. Full Article 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1023 (2025)Download Related Content Journal May 1, 2026 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR COPYRIGHT LAW TO CATCH UP WITH TECHNOLOGY? SOME DATA POINTS FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 213Download Bill Rosenblatt, Howie Singer Creativity & Technology Collide Creativity, Culture & the Arts Music, Musicals & Performing Arts Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal May 1, 2026 TRAINING ON TRIAL: INSIGHTS FROM BARTZ AND KADREY 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 261 (2026)Download Barbara Bruni AI & Copyright Journal May 1, 2026 THE UNEASY NEW (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) RELATIONSHIPS: TECH, PUBLISHERS, AND AUTHORS IN ACADEMIC PUBLISHING 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 299 (2026)Download Agnes Gambill West AI & Copyright Keeping Up With Copyright Preservation, Archives & Memory