Creative industry, EU Commission clash over AI copyright review
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( June 2, 2026, 14:58 GMT | Insight) -- Representatives of the creative sector have taken the European Commission to task over its prioritization of licensing deals as its preferred answer to the hotly debated question over the best way to reimburse copyright holders for the use of their work to train AI models.The European Commission’s plan to use an ongoing review of the Copyright Directive to encourage licensing deals between copyright holders and AI developers has come under criticism from representatives of the creative industries, who say that issues of territoriality — as well as a lack of private enforcement — mean that more stringent measures are needed....
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