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EU’s copyright, AI rules create extraterritorial gap, think tank report warns

( June 19, 2025, 06:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Lisbon Council policy brief examines the legal relationship between the EU’s AI Act and the Copyright Directive. It describes legal uncertainty introduced by a recital in the AI Act, which appears to extend copyright compliance obligations to AI training activities conducted outside the EU — a move the author warns clashes with the territorial nature of copyright law. The report says this attempt at extraterritorial reach, especially when grounded in a non-binding recital, risks complicating enforcement and delivering little tangible benefit to rights holders. The report calls for regulatory clarity before further reforms or soft law instruments are pursued.See report attached....

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