EU: Germany calls for end to copyright exception benefiting to text and data mining
The subject is technical but fundamental to the AI dossier in Europe: Germany is backing a revision of the 2019 Copyright Directive to remove the "text and data mining" exception. Many AI developers explain that they have relied on this exception to train their tools. In 2019, the legislator introduced…
Henna Virkkunen: « Artists should be remunerated for the use of their content to train AIs ».
Many MEPs reaffirmed their support for creators at an event organized by GESAC yesterday in Brussels. Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen delivered her first-ever speech to the cultural sector. Gesac, which represents the collective management societies of the entire cultural sector in Brussels, organized a "Meet the Authors" event at the…
Disney+ seeks to win over french cinema with new commitments
Disney is taking a step in the direction of cinema, and is now becoming a key player in France with significant financial commitments. All against a backdrop of tension with Canal+. Disney+ has just signed major agreements with French film and audiovisual organizations to strengthen its commitment to local creation....
Marc du Moulin, ECSA: « Picture music composers are still faced with deleterious contractual practices despite the 2019 directive ».
ECSA publishes a report on the audiovisual sector's contractual practices towards film music composers, denouncing "buy out" practices and coercive publishing on a European scale. The organization calls on the sector to unite, and on the European institutions to take action to ensure that these practices, which are contrary to…
DeepSeek: The Operation to Disrupt U.S. AI Dominance
The war for AI between the USA and China has begun in spectacular fashion. China unveils a very interesting model, but one that raises a certain amount of skepticism. Has China created the marvellous Unicorn of AI, greedy but incredibly efficient? There are reasons to doubt it. In the meantime,…
IA Act: culture worried that the Commission’s latest draft does not respect EU copyright law
The cultural sector is outraged by the European Commission's lack of ambition to protect copyright when it comes to implementing the IA Act. To give effect to the obligations that the IA Act places on AI developers vis-à-vis copyright holders, the European Commission is due to adopt a "Code of…