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eWeek: HarperCollins books to train Microsoft AI models

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
HarperCollins to Microsoft: Select backlist nonfiction titles, author opt-in, for training an unnamed AI model; output capped at 200 consecutive words or 5% of a book. Buyer identified by Bloomberg.	Licensing deal	Not disclosed	Nov 2024
Know the market split before an intermediary takes a share	Negotiation lever	Created by Humans pays authors 80 percent; the Authors Guild calls 75 to 85 percent to…	26 Aug 2025
Price the term and the life of the trained model separately	Negotiation lever	Disclosed AI licences run two to three years (Reddit), at least three years (News Corp…	11 Oct 2026
Term	Licence term	For a living company, a two to three year term with renewal and refresh rights keeps the…	23 Jul 2026

HarperCollins to Microsoft: Select backlist nonfiction titles, author opt-in, for training an unnamed AI model; output capped at 200 consecutive words or 5% of a book. Buyer identified by Bloomberg.
Kind
Licensing deal
As stated
Not disclosed
Dated
Nov 2024
Know the market split before an intermediary takes a share
Kind
Negotiation lever
As stated
Created by Humans pays authors 80 percent; the Authors Guild calls 75 to 85 percent to…
Dated
26 Aug 2025
Price the term and the life of the trained model separately
Kind
Negotiation lever
As stated
Disclosed AI licences run two to three years (Reddit), at least three years (News Corp…
Dated
11 Oct 2026
Term
Kind
Licence term
As stated
For a living company, a two to three year term with renewal and refresh rights keeps the…
Dated
23 Jul 2026

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