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Media inquiries
For interviews, comment, and background on the RSL standard, the Collective, and its governance, reach the press team directly.
Newsroom
Press & coverage.
The RSL Collective is the nonprofit rights organization bringing publishers, creators, and AI companies onto one open standard — fair, usage-based royalties for content owners and simple, automated licensing for AI developers. Below: coverage of the launch, media contacts, and downloadable brand assets.
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Coverage & news
A standard the industry took up.
Selected press on the RSL standard and the Collective, most recent first. External links open at the publisher.
December 2025
6 itemsDec 11Shelly PalmerAI Web Scraping Gets an “Official” Standard→Dec 11WebProNewsReally Simple Licensing 1.0 Empowers Publishers on AI Content Use→Dec 10The RegisterReally Simple Licensing spec lets web publishers demand their due from AI scrapers→Dec 10Creative CommonsIntegrating Choices in Open Standards: CC Signals and the RSL Standard→Dec 10Editor & PublisherRSL AI Licensing 1.0 now an official industry standard as momentum accelerates→Dec 10RSL CollectiveRSL 1.0 Standard Specification launch announcement→
November 2025
1 itemOctober 2025
3 itemsSeptember 2025
20 itemsSep 24Business WireCloudflare Gives Creators New Tool to Control Use of Their Content→Sep 14New York MagazineThe AI-Scraping Free-for-All Is Coming to an End→Sep 11DigitReddit to Yahoo: Why the RSL AI license is getting traction with online publishers→Sep 11EMARKETERReddit, Yahoo, and others unite to demand AI pay for scraped content→Sep 11CNETOnline Media Brands Hope a New Protocol Will Stop Unwanted AI Crawlers→Sep 11The RegisterNew Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license — or a credit card→Sep 10The VergeThe web has a new system for making AI companies pay up→Sep 10ZDNetPublishers are fighting back against AI with a new web protocol — is it too late?→Sep 10EngadgetReddit, Yahoo, Medium and more adopt a new licensing standard for AI scraping→Sep 10PCMagReddit, Ziff Davis Back New Idea to Stop AI From Ruining the Internet→Sep 10Search Engine LandBrands back new licensing standard to charge AI for training data→Sep 10Editor & PublisherReddit, Yahoo, Ziff Davis and more announce support for new AI content licensing standard→Sep 10The InformationReddit, People Inc. Back New Content Licensing Model for AI→Sep 10FastlyControl and Monetize Your Content with the RSL Standard→Sep 10Medium (Tony Stubblebine)Finally, an internet standard for writers’ rights vs. AI companies→Sep 10The Media CopilotWeb publishers unite behind RSL protocol to unlock AI training revenue→Sep 10Tech.coNew RSL Standard Aims to Stop Unpaid AI Content Scraping→Sep 10MediaPostReal Simple Justice: New Standard Seeks Payment For AI Content Scraping→Sep 10WebProNewsPublishers Launch RSL: Music-Inspired Licensing for AI Data Compensation→Sep 10RSLRSL Standard and Collective launch announcement→
Brand assets
Logos & media kit
Download the official RSL Collective logo for use in articles and presentations. Please don't alter or recolor the mark.
Join the collective
Represent your publication in collective AI licensing.
Enrollment is open to publishers of any size. Declare your rights, join the license, receive your share.