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# Google courts Hollywood studios for AI training rights on copyrighted IP
- URL: https://fabric.media/google-courts-hollywood-studios-for-ai-training-rights-on-copyrighted-ip/
- Published: 2026-09-02T23:49:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-02T23:49:42.000Z
- Description: Google is pitching Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal on licensing deals to train AI models on copyrighted characters, reportedly offering around $40 million per character with potential ad-revenue sharing on outputs.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Streaming, AI, Charles Pulliam-Moore, Google needs Hollywood more than studios need AI

**Why it matters.** If a major studio signs, others gain cover to follow, normalizing AI licensing of IP across the industry despite unresolved backlash risk from audiences and workers.

*Signal from* [*theverge.com*](https://theverge.com/?ref=fabric.media) *·* [*Charles Pulliam-Moore*](https://fabric.media/tag/by-charles-pulliam-moore/) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.theverge.com/tech/987429/google-needs-hollywood-more-than-the-studios-need-ai?ref=fabric.media)*.*