Creative industries reject the EU’s new AI code of practice saying it sets “dangerous precedents” and undermines copyright law

A coalition of authors, artists, performers and other rights holders in the cultural and creative sector of the European Union has expressed its resounding rejection of the third draft of the IA General Purpose Code of Practice (GPAI), as a threat to their rights and European copyright law.

Creative industries reject the EU’s new AI code of practice saying it sets “dangerous precedents” and undermines copyright law

Organisations from across the creative industries, together representing millions of rightsholders and creators, have issued a joint statement strongly criticising the code of practice that has been drafted to set out how AI companies should comply with the European Union’s AI Act. The EU AI Act was passed last year and includes obligations for technology companies developing AI relating to how they should handle copyright and transparency, with…

Press Release: Joint statement by cross-sector coalition rejecting the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice

Below is a joint statement published today by a broad coalition of creator and rightholder organisations, including IMPALA, coming out strongly against the third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice. The following quote can be attributed to IMPALA’s Executive Chair Helen Smith: “The EU’s AI Act was meant to foster responsible AI while giving Europe’s creators and rightholders the tools to exercise and enforce their rights. This draft does neither.…

ALT’s response to the Government Copyright and AI consultation

Launched in December 2024 by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the consultation set out the Government’s plan to deliver a copyright and AI framework. The application of copyright law to the training of AI models is a topic for debate. Rights holders are finding it difficult to exercise their rights and AI developers are finding it difficult to navigate copyright law.