By Luca Bertuzzi ( June 13, 2025, 11:45 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission might propose changes to EU copyright rules in response to AI’s growing impact, according to senior official Renate Nikolay. While the EU executive began an external evaluation of the Copyright Directive, and the implementation of the AI Act will also be an important factor, the idea seems to be not to reopen the entire directive, but to present targeted amendments addressing specific issues — which in AI's case seem to concern licensing, liability, and authorship — MLex has learned.The European Commission isn’t ruling out proposing changes to adapt the EU copyright rules due to the transformative role to artificial intelligence, Renate Nikolay, deputy director general of the digital department, said yesterday. These changes are likely to take the form of targeted amendments, MLex has learned....
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