AEPO-ARTIS joins CSS in opposing the GPAI implementation package
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As part of a large coalition of European rightsholders organisations — including authors, performers, publishers and others—, AEPO-ARTIS expresses its strong opposition to the European Commission’s recent AI Act Implementation package.
The drafting of each single instrument in this package – the GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI guidelines, and the template of the detailed summary of the training content – was carried out in complete disregard of the frequently expressed concerns of our sector. The result is therefore a huge disappointment in the proper functioning of our European institutions, in which our performers also place their trust.
With this statement, we call on the European Commission to revisit the implementation package and enforce Article 53 in a meaningful way, ensuring that the EU AI Act lives up to its promise to safeguard European intellectual property rights in the age of generative AI.
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