Publishers’ Opportunity or Dilemma? Licensing Content for AI Training
Webinar
Thursday, Feb 05, 2026
10:00 am EDT | 4:00 pm CET
60 mins
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As AI moves from experimentation to everyday use across publishing, education, and content workflows, publishers face a pivotal question: Is licensing content for AI training a growth opportunity or a strategic dilemma to navigate with extreme caution?
Join our expert panel as leaders in publishing, law, and AI unpack the opportunities, dilemmas, and red lines and help publishers make informed, defensible choices about engaging in AI training ecosystems.
Why You Can't Miss This Panel Discussion
Licensing content for AI training can unlock new revenue, deeper tech partnerships, and a chance to influence how trusted content powers next-generation tools. But they also raise hard questions about control, fair value, and long-term impact on publishers’ brands, authors, educators, and learners.
All of this is unfolding amid fragmented legal frameworks globally, active litigation, and unclear opt-in, opt-out, and “grey zone” practices. This panel will unpack these opportunities and risks, giving publishers the clarity they need to navigate AI training decisions with confidence.
Key Takeaways
- The current state of AI training data sourcing: What’s legal, what’s ethical, and what’s happening in the “grey zones”.
- Evolving copyright and licensing norms across the US, UK, and Europe, and what they mean for content-led businesses.
- The role of fair use, opt-in/opt-out models, and technical safeguards in both protecting and monetizing content.
- Balancing innovation and IP rights: What a sustainable, scalable licensing model for AI training could look like in practice.
- Practical takeaways from early AI licensing efforts in the publishing world: Where publishers are seeing upside, where they’re encountering friction, and what to watch next.
- Designing sustainable models: Revenue, rights, and safeguards that make AI training a net opportunity rather than a long-term dilemma.
- Early lessons from real-world AI licensing deals in publishing: What has worked, what hasn’t, and what publishers wish they had asked for up front.
Moderator
Barry Bealer
Vice President – Publishing, Education, and Media
Impelsys
About the Speakers
Ann Michael
Chief Transformation Officer
AIP Publishing
David Myers
Chief Executive Officer
Data Licensing Alliance
Jessica Miles
Founder
Informed Frontier
Pascal Hetzsholdt
Senior Director – AI Strategy & Content Integrity
Wiley
Uday Majithia
Vice President – Solutions & Service Delivery
Impelsys
About Impelsys
Impelsys is a leading provider of innovative technology solutions that empower organizations across the globe become digital-first, data-driven intelligent enterprises. Our services include Cloud, AI/ML Platforms and Products, Data and Analytics, End-to-End Quality Assurance (QA), Custom Application Development, and Learning Solutions.
Impelsys’ solutions and platforms have helped businesses across Healthcare, Information Services, EdTech, Publishing, and more achieve and accelerate digital transformation. We are a recipient of several prestigious awards including the AWS Cup for Innovation, Brandon Hall, and LearnX Awards.
