"Publishers generally see all these attempts as validation of a long-running warning: you can't strip-mine the web and expect the supply to replenish itself. If the content economy collapses, AI systems trained on it degrade along with it."
"This is becoming a cloud fight. We're in a world now where [Microsoft's cloud business] Azure has a strategy, [Amazon] AWS has a strategy, and [OpenAI's answer engine] does not yet have a strategy, but two out of three of the world's largest cloud businesses now have a plan to pay for content. That's a massive shift."
Content marketplaces are emerging as platforms to help publishers monetize their work and prevent unlicensed AI scraping. Major players include TollBit, Dappier, Prorata.ai, Snowflake, Factiva, Cloudflare, and recently Microsoft and Amazon. Publishers view these marketplaces as validation that web content cannot be indefinitely exploited without consequences for AI systems. However, the critical question is whether the economics actually support these models. Microsoft and Amazon's involvement signals a strategic shift, with these cloud giants viewing content marketplaces as business opportunities to drive adoption of their cloud platforms rather than primarily benefiting publishers. The success of these marketplaces depends on generating sufficient buyer-side demand to create meaningful revenue for publishers.
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