In an open letter published on Wednesday 30 October, a number of organisations express concern about the implementation of the Artificial Intelligence regulation (AI Act) and its ability to protect authors’ rights.
The signatories hope that the practical implementation of the AI Act will enable creators and rights holders to exercise and enforce their rights when some of their works are used for training purposes by artificial intelligence models.
“We are contending with the seriously detrimental situation of generative AI companies taking our content without authorisation on an industrial scale in order to develop their AI models. Their actions result in illegal commercial gains and unfair competitive advantages for their AI models, services, and products, in violation of European copyright laws”, they write.
In their view, the implementation and enforcement of the new European AI law is a “crucial opportunity” to counter these practices and push AI industry players to be “accountable”.
The AI Act should also help to combat malpractice and create a “healthy and sustainable” licensing market that respects the “core principles of fair market competition and remuneration of creators”.
See the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/e36 (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)