Publishers to bill AI firms for unwanted scraping – and take them to court if they don’t pay
Search-only contracts added to website terms open up new front in war with AI companies.
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Dominic Ponsford
Dominic Ponsford is the editor in chief of Press Gazette. He founded the British Journalism Awards, Future of Media Awards and Future of Media Technology Conference and changed UK law with the Save Our Sources campaign.
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