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AI could be an existential threat to publishers – that’s why Mumsnet is fighting back | Justine Roberts
- Mumsnet has launched legal action against OpenAI over content scraping.
- Google is pushing to overhaul UK copyright law to allow it to use other publishers’ content for commercial gain.
- OpenAI's large language model (LLM) was built using scraped content from various publishers, including Mumsnet.
- AI models such as ChatGPT are being built using scraped content, which is violating copyright laws.
- The lifting of online content for model-training poses an existential threat to publishers, leaving them with no reward for the work they put in.
- Allowing the AI giants to steal content is unfair and counterproductive for publishers.
- Larger publishers with legal and financial muscle have managed to cut licensing deals with AI companies but smaller publishers risk never getting compensated.
- Google's proposal to change UK laws would allow companies to benefit without a fair exchange, resulting in smaller publishers losing control over their unique and brilliant sites.
- There is more than enough money flooding into AI companies to ensure everyone is fairly and sustainably rewarded for their contribution.
- The publishing industry and government need to act to prevent big tech companies from riding roughshod over the law to grow their dominance.
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