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The Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard is an open, collaborative initiative dedicated to defining standardized, machine-readable building blocks for expressing content licensing and compensation rules for how content is accessed and processed for Artificial Intelligence (AI) model development, deployment, and use.

Coverage & News

• Sep 14, 2025 — New York Magazine
  The AI-Scraping Free-for-All Is Coming to an End

• Sep 11, 2025 — Digit
  Reddit to Yahoo: Why RSL AI license is getting traction with online publishers

• Sep 11, 2025 — EMARKETER
  Reddit, Yahoo, and others unite to demand AI pay for scraped content

• Sep 11, 2025 — CNET
  Online Media Brands Hope a New Protocol Will Stop Unwanted AI Crawlers

• Sep 11, 2025 — The Register
  New Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license - or a credit card

• Sep 10, 2025 — RSL Launch Press Release
  RSL Standard and Collective Launch Announcement

• Sep 10, 2025 — Fastly Blog
  Control and Monetize Your Content with the RSL Standard

• Sep 10, 2025 — The Medium Blog (Tony Stubblebine)
  Finally, an internet standard for writers’ rights vs. AI companies

• Sep 10, 2025 — The Verge
  The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up

• Sep 10, 2025 — TechCrunch
  RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing

• Sep 10, 2025 — ZDNet
  Publishers are fighting back against AI with a new web protocol - is it too late?

• Sep 10, 2025 — Ars Technica
  Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.

• Sep 10, 2025 — Engadget
  Reddit, Yahoo, Medium and more are adopting a new licensing standard to get compensated for AI scraping

• Sep 10, 2025 — PC Mag
  Reddit, Ziff Davis Back New Idea to Stop AI From Ruining the Internet

• Sep 10, 2025 — Search Engine Land
  Brands back new licensing standard to charge AI for training data

• Sep 10, 2025 — Editor & Publisher
  Reddit, Yahoo, Ziff Davis and more announce support for new AI content licensing standard

• Sep 10, 2025 — Tech.co
  New RSL Standard Aims to Stop Unpaid AI Content Scraping

• Sep 10, 2025 — Tech EDT
  New web licensing standard seeks to make AI companies pay for content use

• Sep 10, 2025 — Technology for You
  AI’s free web scraping days may be over, thanks to this new licensing protocol

• Sep 10, 2025 — The Information
  Reddit, People Inc. Back New Content Licensing Model for AI

• Sep 10, 2025 — The Media Copilot (Substack)
  Web publishers unite behind RSL protocol to unlock AI training revenue

• Sep 10, 2025 — Web Pro News
  Publishers Launch RSL: Music-Inspired Licensing for AI Data Compensation

• Sep 10, 2025 — MediaPost
  Real Simple Justice: New Standard Seeks Payment For AI Content Scraping, Usage

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Fast Facts

• Name: Really Simple Licensing (RSL)
• Founded: 2025
• Mission: Protect the value of human creativity online by standardizing content rights and licensing for the AI-first Internet.

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