The problem with deciding degrees is the solution. The courts are considering that if there are 10 sources for an article by AI depending on how much of each source is used that will be the payout in royalties. This can mean word for word which would allow AI to reword things to avoid payouts of royalties.
Meanwhile the NYT or WaPo will have their news stories that are expensive to produce reproduced across the web at no cost in real terms.
The only issue is opting out. If this is like the DMCA there will be no opt out. The royalties would be destructive of the actual author’s copyrights. Tiny royalties would undermine the ability to produce the product.