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Lawmakers push voluntary deals, deepfakes in AI copyright report

By Inbar Preiss and Luca Bertuzzi ( January 15, 2026, 12:27 GMT | Insight) -- EU lawmakers are backing voluntary AI licensing deals in a non-binding report on copyright and generative AI, signaling how creators should be paid as the European Commission prepares a broader copyright review later this year. The report also includes provisions on deepfakes, according to the document seen by MLex.Lawmakers in the European Parliament are pushing artificial intelligence companies and right holders to independently arrive at voluntary or collective agreements in licensing copyrighted material used to train AI models....

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