Learning from copyrighted works to create new ones has never been protected by copyright[1], and has never needed separate licensing rights. Until 2022, no one even suggested it, to a rounding error. If anything, people would have been horrified at the idea of being dinged because your novel clearly drew inspiration from another work.
That narrative only got picked up because people needed a reason to demonize evil corps that they already hated for unrelated reasons.
[1] Yes, if you create "new" works from your learning that are basically copies, that has always been infringement. I'm talking about the general case.
That narrative only got picked up because people needed a reason to demonize evil corps that they already hated for unrelated reasons.
[1] Yes, if you create "new" works from your learning that are basically copies, that has always been infringement. I'm talking about the general case.