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While Emmanuel Macron is talking about the subject, the European Commission is quietly building a « hybrid ecosystem » – technical standards (C2PA), editorial guidelines (JTI), fact-checking networks…

In the wake of the failed dialogue between rights holders and AI developers, three senators are preparing an explosive proposal: introducing a presumption that copyrighted works were used…

By adopting the Convention on the co-production of series, the Council of Europe has endorsed an ambitious definition of independent production, against the will of the European Commission.…

This coming Thursday, an exceptional parliamentary commission will grill the heads and anchors of public broadcasting, revealing an institutional, financial and editorial tug-of-war between France Télévisions and the…

As the European Parliament finalizes the Voss report and the Commission prepares a review of the 2019 copyright directive, the Danish presidency delivers a long-awaited summary on generative…

Thirty years after Article 151 was written into the EU Treaty, enjoining the institutions to take cultural dimensions into account in all their policies, Brussels is finally getting…

The Centre National de la Musique’s 2024 report reveals a predominance of pop and urban music in French musical production, highlighting the growing strength of the french-speaking repertoire…

The European Commission, with its Democracy Shield, announces the reopening of the 2019 Copyright Directive. The Democracy Shield unveiled yesterday by the European Commission marks an unexpected turning…

The Munich court has ruled in favor of GEMA against OpenAI, finding that ChatGPT had reproduced protected song lyrics without authorization. This is a historic turning point, which…

CISAC reveals in its World Report 2025 that creators’ revenues reached 13.97 billion euros in 2024, thanks to notable growth in digital collections, and highlights growing concerns over…

The UK High Court has ruled in favor of Stability AI in the Getty Images case, holding that the Stable Diffusion artificial intelligence model does not constitute «…

The attempt at conciliation sought by Rachida Dati between representatives of culture and tech giants on the issue of copyright in the age of AI has failed, prompting…

Koda, the Danish copyright management company, is filing suit against US platform Suno for illegally using works by Danish artists in the training of its music AI models.…

Discussions on Axel Voss’ report on artificial intelligence and copyright continue to divide the European Parliament. Beyond the fundamental disagreements, it is now the internal political mechanics of…

Universal Music Group is teaming up with artificial intelligence Udio to develop a music creation platform, but French artists are calling out the need for a framework to…

Grokipedia, launched by Elon Musk, aims to revolutionize access to knowledge thanks to artificial intelligence that generates and updates content in real time, challenging Wikipedia’s collaborative and sometimes…

Behind the reassuring figures of the Media Outlook 2025, several European producers’ organizations denounce the risk of Europe being transformed into a luxury provider for American platforms. Two…

The European Commission’s work program for 2026, although limited to a small number of initiatives, promises to be a decisive period, requiring constant commitment from the companies involved.…

A month after tightening the screws on the use of artificial intelligence, Spotify is joining forces with major record labels and distributors to build a common framework for…

Netflix is criticizing a new amendment to the French decree on platforms’ investment obligations, arguing that it is discriminatory and violates the country-of-origin principle by imposing disproportionate obligations…

The first hearing in the Gema v OpenAI case has gone in the German collecting society’s favor. The court hinted that it would recognize ChatGPT’s training on protected…

With Sora 2, OpenAI runs the risk of once again falling at the heart of a legal storm, this time with the powerful American audiovisual sector as its…

The European Commission is set to unveil its plans for a « European Democratic Shield » to protect democracy from foreign interference and disinformation, but concerns are emerging…

Sweden is proposing to explicitly prohibit the consumption of illegal IPTV services, while providing for penalties for users and blocking measures to protect the rights of rights holders.…

The European Commission’s major Agora EU project, which combines support for culture, information and citizens’ associations, is raising concerns about transparency, media independence and the risk of diluting…

Spotify announces a significant update to its artificial intelligence policies, aimed at protecting artists from identity theft and the overproduction of low-quality content, while promoting transparency on the…

The European Commission’s announcement of the « AgoraEU » program is causing serious concern among independent audiovisual producers, who fear that changes to the « MEDIA+ » declination…

The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) warns of the massive and illegal capture of musical works to train artificial intelligences, calling the practice « the greatest theft…

The RSL Collective unveils the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard, a protocol designed to make it easier to pay content creators in the age of artificial intelligence. A…

Anthropic will pay at least 1.5 billion dollars for its use of pirated books to train Claude. A major step forward, but major legal questions about AI and…