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 Introduction 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 December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 1 - THIS MASQUERADE STREAMING: FRAUD AND COPYRIGHT 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1005 (2025)Download Copyright + Technology Conference Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 C+T KEYNOTE ADDRESS 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1043 (2025)Download Copyright + Technology Conference Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 3 - WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE: LESSONS FOR AI FROM THE FILE-SHARING ERA 72 J. Copyright Society 1053 (2025)Download Community & Professional Insights Copyright + Technology Conference Keeping Up With Copyright Law, Cases & Policy Pop Culture Technology, Innovation & the Future