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Google reportedly seeks Hollywood licenses for AI training

Google has reportedly approached several major Hollywood studios about licensing copyrighted film and television libraries for AI training. No official agreement with Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, or Universal has been reported.

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The reported proposals could involve hundreds of millions of dollars or more. Disney/Pixar could reportedly receive about $40 million for rights involving one copyrighted character, with payments potentially reaching billions as more characters are covered. Studios could also share advertising revenue from AI-generated content using their intellectual property on platforms such as YouTube, but it remains unclear whether the outreach will produce any licensing deals.

Why It Matters

If completed, the deals would move Hollywood characters and film libraries into a formal market for AI training and generated content, giving studios potential licensing and advertising revenue. For now, Google’s access to large-scale studio material remains unconfirmed because no reported agreement has been finalized.

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  • The VergeDocumentOriginal

    Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

    Charles Pulliam-Moore

    “Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be a win-win: a huge financial boon to the studios that would also [...]”
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