Alexandra Bensamoun Advocates for a Paid Public Domain Model for AI-Generated Works

Reviewed by ElectronLibre prior to its adoption by the Higher Council for Literary and Artistic Property (CSPLA), Alexandra Bensamoun’s report on works generated using AI addresses several major issues. It confirms that current copyright law is flexible enough to protect hybrid works, but also opens a debate unprecedented in France: that of a “pay-to-access public domain ” for content entirely generated by artificial intelligence, which would contribute to a fund reserved for creators.

While debates over the past two years have focused on the use of protected works to train artificial intelligence models, another legal question is becoming just as strategic:…