A few weeks ago, the Spanish Ministry of Culture released a legislative proposal aimed at introducing extended collective licensing (ECL) for the development of general-purpose AI models. The first of its kind, the “Draft Royal Decree to regulate the granting of extended collective licenses for the massive exploitation of works and other subject matter protected […]
Two weeks ago, the European AI Office published the first draft of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice. The first in a series of four drafting rounds planned until April 2025, this “high-level” draft includes not only principles, a structure of commitments (a descending hierarchy of measures, sub-measures and key performance indicators) and high-level […]
The European AI Office’s public consultation Future-Proof AI Act: Trustworthy General-Purpose AI wraps up tomorrow. This multi-stakeholder consultation is aimed at informing the drafting process of the first Code of Practice, which will detail the AI Act rules for providers of general-purpose AI models and general-purpose AI models with systemic risks. Earlier this month COMMUNIA […]
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the DSM Directive. To celebrate the occasion, we are releasing a supplement to our series of blog posts on trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. The Post-DSM Copyright Report series analyses the national transpositions of all Member States that have finalised their national […]
This is the final blog post in our series on trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the national processes finalised in all but one Member State, we have analysed the transpositions to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, and assess how those affect the position […]
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 45th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in Geneva (April 15-19, 2024). We made the following statement regarding limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions and for persons with other […]
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 45th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in Geneva (April 15-19, 2024). We made the following statement regarding the protection of Broadcasting Organizations (Agenda Item 4): Dear Delegates, The proposed broadcast […]
This is the fourth blog post in our series on trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the national processes finalised in all but one Member State, we’re evaluating the transpositions to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, and assess how those affect the position of […]
This is the third entry to a series of blog posts highlighting the positive and negative trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the implementation process finalised in 26 out of 27 Member States, we’re comparing the national implementations to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, […]
This is the second entry to a series of blog posts highlighting the positive and negative trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the implementation process finalised in all but one Member State, we conducted a comparative analysis of the national implementations to understand the impact of our proposals, identify the areas […]
