Decisions · Policy · Italy

The Forgotten Creator: A Statutory Remuneration Right for Machine Learning

Christophe Geiger and Vincenzo Iaia (LUISS Guido Carli University) · 2024 · Proposal · non-binding

Computer Law & Security Review, vol. 52 (2024), 105925, doi:10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105925

AI training and copyright

Can AI be trained on protected works?

Closer to only with permission or pay

Replace the opt-out with a mandatory statutory remuneration right for commercial AI training

Why hereCloser to 'only with permission or pay': commercial training would be allowed without consent but subject to a statutory remuneration right paid to creators.

What it says

Grounded in a fundamental-rights balance between access to culture and creators' moral and material interests, the proposal replaces the EU text and data mining opt-out with a statutory remuneration scheme for commercial training, with income paid directly to creators.

Training stays possible, but creators are paid by law rather than by negotiation.

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