Industry Jun 10, 2026

Global Collecting Societies Urge French Lawmakers to Pass AI Creator Protection Bill

French politicians are considering a change to the law that would mean it’s assumed a generative AI company has made use of any one existing work when training its model unless it can be demonstrated

Originally published by Complete Music Update
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Global Collecting Societies Urge French Lawmakers to Pass AI Creator Protection Bill

A total of 227 collecting societies worldwide have urged French lawmakers to enact the Darcos Bill, which aims to protect creators in the age of artificial intelligence. The proposed legislation would presume that generative AI models have used existing works in their training data unless proven otherwise. Originally reported by Complete Music Update.