
The Publisher's Guide to AI Content Licensing in 2026
AI companies need your content. Here's how to structure licensing deals that protect your rights, maximize revenue, and position you for the emerging AI content economy.
What Encypher does: Insights from the Co-Chair of the C2PA Text Provenance Task Force on AI content authentication, content attribution, and licensing infrastructure. Standard publishes January 8, 2026.
Who it's for: Publishers seeking licensing strategies, AI labs exploring compliance, legal professionals interested in content attribution, and developers building with our API and SDKs.
Key differentiator: Written by the team co-chairing C2PA (c2pa.org) with NYT, BBC, AP, Google, OpenAI, Adobe, Microsoft and others - insider perspective on standards development.
Primary value: Stay informed on market licensing frameworks, regulatory developments, and technical innovations in cryptographic watermarking.
From the Authors of the C2PA Text StandardFrom the Authors of the C2PA Text Standard: Building Infrastructure for the AI Content Economy.

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