CLEAR Act

The CLEAR Act requires companies developing generative AI models (like those creating text, images, or video) to submit detailed notice to the Copyright Office about copyrighted works used in their training datasets. This notice must include a summary of each copyrighted work and a public URL for the dataset, filed 30 days before commercial use or release. Copyright owners can sue for $5,000 per violation (capped at $2.5 million yearly) and seek injunctions to stop unauthorized use, with penalties funding the Copyright Office. The Register must maintain a public database of all submitted notices.