Facing the "mess" of copyright disputes over AI training data, e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to leverage its infrastructure advantages to connect publishers with AI companies. According to TechCrunch, Amazon is considering launching a new content licensing marketplace, allowing media websites to sell their content directly to AI development companies.

According to insiders, Amazon has recently presented the plan to publishing executives. The market aims to provide a legal, transparent, and scalable trading platform for copyrighted materials. Although an Amazon spokesperson did not directly confirm the existence of the market, they emphasized that the company has maintained long-term innovative partnerships with publishers in areas such as AWS, retail, and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence).

Currently, the AI industry is in a "monsoon season" of copyright lawsuits. While major players like OpenAI have signed independent licensing agreements with some news organizations, it remains difficult to ease the legal concerns across the entire content creation industry. Amazon's move is seen as a direct response to Microsoft's recent "Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM)." For media companies struggling with declining traffic, this market mechanism backed by a major player may be more commercially sustainable than scattered individual licensing agreements.

Key Points:

  • 🛒 Building a Trading Platform: Amazon plans to establish a vertical market to simplify the process for AI companies to obtain legitimate training data.

  • ⚖️ Resolving Copyright Crises: It aims to address the current copyright litigation challenges facing the AI industry through a compliant economic framework.

  • 📈 Catching Up with Competitors: Following Microsoft's steps, it will use AWS's cloud service advantages to create new revenue growth opportunities for publishers.