Organizations are investing significant resources into developing their GenAI policies, focusing on important topics like privacy, security, and confidentiality.
One topic is often missing.
Copyright.
A recent independent research study of Canadian private-sector workers found that four out of five are using GenAI in their workflows.
Every day, workers are copying and pasting published content directly into AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini as part of their prompts.
This content could be:
Workers are asking AI to summarize information, identify trends, and draft communications. It is now routine workplace behavior. It’s how we “get things done.”
But as they do so, it’s important to understand the rights and permissions associated with the published works being used as GenAI inputs.
Copyright is often viewed as a legal or compliance issue. With GenAI, it is also a governance issue. As organizations develop policies around GenAI use in the workplace, it is important to consider what responsible and ethical use of copyrighted content can look like.
Organizations want to protect themselves from inadvertent copyright infringement. They want to enable responsible content use among employees as GenAI is adopted.
Copyright licensing can be part of that strategy. Around the world, copyright organizations are exploring how their licensing models can evolve to support responsible AI use in the workplace and the direction is becoming clearer. At Access Copyright, we're working with customers, rightsholders, and international partners to better understand what that future looks like in Canada.
Our role has always been to simplify copyright compliance and make it easier for organizations to use published content responsibly. As workplace practices evolve, so will our licensing solutions that support them.
Contact us to learn more.
