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Presumption of AI Use of Protected Works: The French Judge Approves the Senate’s Strategy

With the Conseil d’Etat’s approval, the Senate’s proposed law on the presumption of AI use of works has reached a decisive milestone, positioning France as a pioneer in the debate now underway in Brussels. The timeline is accelerating around the draft bill regarding the establishment of a presumption of exploitation…

DMA: Connected TV in the Crosshairs of European Broadcasters

As the first review of the Digital Markets Act approaches, European broadcasters are urging the Commission to expand its scope to include smart TVs and voice assistants. In a letter addressed to Teresa Ribera, they warn of the growing role of these interfaces as new gateways to content. With just…

Mistral Proposes a Fund for Culture

Faced with accusations of training its models on works without authorization, the founder of Mistral is proposing—similar to the fund launched by Google in 2013—the creation of a fund financed by a "tax" of 3 to 5% of AI companies' revenue. This proposal remains vague but has been cautiously welcomed…

Piracy: A Damning Assessment, but Still No EU Response

A report by Stuart Thomson confirms the explosion of piracy in the streaming era, which has become both instantaneous and systemic. Despite estimated losses of 30 billion euros and growing pressure from Parliament, the European Commission continues to point to point to an hypothetical revision of the Copyright Directive. While…

Anthropic: French and European Authors, Only a Few Days Left to File a Claim

Many European authors could be compensated for the use of their books in training Anthropic’s Claude AI, but they must act quickly: the deadline for filing a claim under this U.S. settlement is March 30, 2026. This is a deadline that might go unnoticed, but its financial implications are far…

AI: The UK Abandons Its Preferred Option, but Keeps Things Vague

The British government is cautiously backtracking on one of its most controversial proposals regarding AI and copyright. In areport published on March 18 on AI and copyright, London indicates that it no longer considers the introduction of a text and data mining (TDM) exception with an opt-out mechanism—a model inspired…

What do AIs think about when we talk to them about music…

By surveying four major AIs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) with a 150-item questionnaire, we reveal that their music recommendations reflect a strong “boomer” bias, overwhelmingly favoring the rock canon (Rolling Stones, Queen, Nirvana) at the expense of rap, contemporary French-speaking artists, and classical music. We developed a tool to survey…

Global Music Report 2026: Strong Growth, a Focus on AI, and a Crackdown on Fraud

2025 was “an eleventh consecutive year of growth” for the global music industry, the IFPI reports, highlighting a dynamic market now shaped by the challenges of AI and streaming fraud. The global recorded music market continues its upward trajectory. According to the IFPI Global Music Report 2026, published on March…