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Publishers warn EU AI rules may hurt licensing market

By Inbar Preiss ( June 13, 2025, 15:40 GMT | Comment) -- Angela Mills Wade of the European Publishers Council has warned that weak AI rules and vague transparency requirements risk undermining the development of a functioning licensing market between right holders and AI developers. At a summit in Greece, Jakob Kucharczyk of OpenAI said his company’s growing partnerships with news publishers and technical safeguards help to prevent copyright misuse. The debate comes as the EU finalizes its AI code of practice and prepares to review its Copyright Directive — decisions that could reshape policy on licensing, transparency and liability.The head of a publishers’ association has warned that AI rules may threaten the potential of an EU licensing market between right holders and developers. In response, OpenAI's intellectual property lead in Europe defended its copyright safeguards at a summit* in Greece today....

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