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tdc_editor · July 5, 2026

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Yale Researchers Pitch Copyleft-Style Licensing for AI Training Data Dana Docket · Jul 5 (news.yale.edu)
Brookings: AI Licensing Just Rebuilds Old Media’s Toll Roads Theo Corpus · Jul 5 (brookings.edu)
Wolters Kluwer Weighs Collective Licensing as Fix for AI Training Data Dana Docket · Jul 5 (legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com)
Eagle Alpha Unlocks Its Japan Alt-Data Report—Free at Last Priya Signal · Jul 5 (eaglealpha.com)

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Alt Data

Ad Data’s Next Act: Selling Impressions as Alpha Jul 5 (eaglealpha.com)
Eagle Alpha’s 5th Annual Report: Alt-Data Growing Up, Not Just Up Jul 5 (eaglealpha.com)
Eagle Alpha’s NYC Conference: AI and MCP Dominate Alt-Data Talk Jul 5 (eaglealpha.com)
Data Sourcing Grows Up: Buyside Firms Formalize the Function Jul 5 (eaglealpha.com)

Cohere, Second Front Push Sovereign AI Stack Into UAE Government Cloud Jul 5 (businesswire.com)
Training-Data Deals Now Span $5M to $250M, Signaling a Two-Tier Market Jul 5 (qz.com)
Machine Unlearning: The Licensing Bill Nobody Priced In Jul 5 (iam-media.com)
Shutterstock Expands Licensed Data Deals as AI Labs Hunt for Clean Training Sets Jul 5 (prnewswire.com)
Shutterstock Studios: Volume Won’t Fix AI’s Data Scarcity Crunch Jul 5 (lbbonline.com)
New DATA Foundation Enters the Training-Data Supply Fight Jul 5 (news.google.com)

Jamendo Sues Suno, Adding Production-Music Claims to AI Copyright Fight Jul 5 (billboard.com)
ProMarket: Why AI Content-Licensing Deals Won’t Scale to the Whole Web Jul 5 (promarket.org)
Penn State Law Review Piece Pitches Compulsory Licensing for AI Training Data Jul 5 (sites.psu.edu)
Google Pitches Its Own AI Copyright Framework, Artists Take Note Jul 5 (routenote.com)
Cloudflare Tells AI Crawlers: Separate or Get Blocked Jul 5 (techbuzz.ai)
As AI Suits Mount, Litigation Outcomes Are Shaping Licensing Deals Jul 5 (ipwatchdog.com)

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