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Can I use CC BY-NC 4.0 to train an AI model? Needs human review
Needs human review. Creative Commons licenses grant rights to reproduce and adapt the material, with conditions that apply when it or an adaptation is shared. Whether training a model creates an adaptation, and how attribution applies to a trained model or its output, is not settled; Creative Commons notes that training may also fall under exceptions such as fair use. A human reviewer should confirm this use for your case.
What duties apply when using CC BY-NC 4.0?
attribution, license_notice, state_changes, no_additional_restrictions.
How can an AI agent check CC BY-NC 4.0 automatically?
Call the free check_license MCP tool or POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check with license "CC-BY-NC-4.0" and intended_use {"model_training": true}.
Check it by API (free, no key)
curl -s https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"license":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","intended_use":{"model_training":true}}'Other questions about CC BY-NC 4.0
- Can I use CC BY-NC 4.0 commercially?
- Can I use CC BY-NC 4.0 with modifications?
- Can I use CC BY-NC 4.0 and redistribute it?
- Can I use CC BY-NC 4.0 as input to an AI model (inference)?
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