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Members of the European Parliament have approved a package of measures to protect the creative sector in the EU from the use of protected works by artificial intelligence systems.
Changing the buttons on the Valentino dress that Margarida Maldonado Freitas wore at the inauguration does not violate copyright, but it could be an “offence to creative identity”, says a lawyer.
The initiative emerges in the United Kingdom one week before the British government presents an update on a proposal that aims to allow AI companies to use copyrighted works without the writer's permission, unless the author has previously signalled that they do not authorise the use of their books.
The European Parliament approved a report today proposing remuneration for artists whose works are used by generative artificial intelligence systems, with the aim of protecting the European creative sector.
Likewise, the Parliament argues that media outlets “whose audiences and revenues are diverted by artificial intelligence systems must be fully compensated.”
A song generated by AI and posted on TikTok that misused Taylor Swift’s melody from ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ and the voice of Brazilian singer Luísa Sonza has been banned from several platforms but continues to be shared. In Portugal, this illegal adaptation reached figures high enough to enter the singles chart — meaning it could have earned revenue in the country — but it was subsequently banned by the Portuguese Phonographic Association.
