- The DOJ says licensing would slow AI, but the author points out dozens of publisher–frontier lab deals already exist (OpenAI among them) and new services make licensing streamlined and practical.
- Licensing costs would be tiny compared with major LLM firms' compute bills (OpenAI has cited huge future spend), so sensible royalties could meaningfully support publishers without wrecking AI development.
- Without a licensing framework, publishers may erect paywalls or sell data, raising costs for consumers and shrinking free web access — and the fact that some foreign labs might ignore rules isn’t a reason to abandon IP protections.
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