158 Korean publishers demand consent and pay for AI training on books

emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-19

The Korean Publishers Society launched a "No Books, No AI" national appeal signed by 158 organizations, demanding AI companies disclose training works, sources, and legal basis for verification, and obtain prior consent with fair compensation. The trigger: Anthropic reportedly bought large volumes of Korean authors' books while also downloading illegal digital copies for training.

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