REPORT on copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Recital H a (new)

   Tabled by Pascale Piera, Jordan Bardella, Mathilde Androuët +76 · Members

   Added: Ha. whereas artistic creations protected by copyright can effectively be copied and used illegally by these new technologies; whereas these difficulties should be addressed while ensuring the competitiveness of European companies in the AI sector; whereas the measures to be put in place should not hinder the economic development of this sector;

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph 3

   Tabled by Pascale Piera, Jordan Bardella, Mathilde Androuët +75 · Members

   … the concept of ‘lawful access’ excludes pirated and infringing copies of works; Added: recalls that, in the EU, the cultural sector represents nearly 4 % of GDP and that nearly eight million people are employed in this sector, which comprises more than one million businesses that may be affected, to varying degrees, by the use of creative works without compensation by generative AI;