Why scientific content cannot be overlooked
As AI adoption accelerates, content quality, usability, and permissions are now critical constraints, writes Adam Churchill
Copyright
CCC adds AI reuse rights to higher education copyright licence
Expanded licence intended to help institutions address what it describes as a “growing permissions gap”
Open access is not broken. Discovery is.
A new OCLC report explains how to make OA routes reliable in hybrid environments
Publishers sue Meta platforms over alleged AI training piracy
Publishers bringing the case are Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers and McGraw Hill
ASME partners with Wiley on journals and proceedings publishing operations
ASME will keep responsibility for book publishing programme, including nearly 400 print titles and 200 digital books
Adopting a united front against paper mills
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe introduces United2Act Against Paper Mills, an international group working to maintain research integrity
“Crocodile” initiative keeps snapping up new sponsors
Project will now incorporate dedicated surveys of both publishers and librarians around "zero-click search"
Industry welcomes rethink as UK drops preferred AI copyright plan
United Kingdom government has now confirmed it “no longer has a preferred option” on copyright and artificial intelligence
Cashmere and KGL partner on AI content infrastructure
Strategic partnership aims to help publishers manage, protect and monetise premium content used within AI systems
Publishers unite to examine AI overviews and zero-click search
Seven new sponsors join Kudos’ Taming the Crocodile study examining the impact of zero-click search and AI overviews on scholarly communications
Publishers call for AI transparency and copyright protection
Publishers Association report highlights growing AI licensing market and urges UK government to reject copyright exceptions
CCC launches internal-only AI re-use rights for higher education
Move addresses use cases such as prompting, summarisation, and chatbots within a college or university