Interspace Music Human Consent Foundation Weighs In on Times v. OpenAI Dispute By Patrick Ofe Nov 2, 2026
Noting her ties to the Human Consent Foundation, Blanchett filed a brief in The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI. Additionally, the Foundation has filed a 31-page amicus brief in The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Joined by artist advocacy groups, it argues that existing licensing systems can clear creative works for AI training.
Licensing arguments center on how clearing rights is impractical.
The brief, filed Friday in the Southern District of New York, argues the same point for the Human Consent Foundation.
“According to the defendants, licensing creative works for AI training is cost-prohibitive,” the brief reads.
“Defendants also claim there is no settled means of valuing training data.”},{
Nikki Hexum, Foundation co-founder and CEO, said the filing aims to show the court how the creative industry actually works.
It also acknowledges the solutions that have been built and are continuing to develop for this new digital era.
“The goal is to protect humans who create value as the AI data licensing market grows. They should have a meaningful choice,” said Hexum. “We are not starting from scratch. There is already a functioning market and infrastructure for licensing creative work. We just need to ensure that new AI technology respects those boundaries and choices, including the choice not to participate.”
Foundation and other filingsHexum and Blanchett founded the organization as RSL Media in May. The foundation seeks to protect people’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights from unauthorized AI scraping. It launched a registry in June for individuals to record the permissions they give AI models to use their likenesses.
Other signatories include Bette Midler, Helen Mirren, Julia Roberts, Robert De Niro, Rosario Dawson.
Scarlett Johansson, Vince Gilligan and the Stan Lee Foundation signed the brief.
Briefs from several groups, including the U.S. government, support the companies’ position.
AI scraping is protected by the fair use doctrine.
Tech companies have broadly relied on that argument in lawsuits over AI scraping.
