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EU Court Advised on AI Copyright and Sampling Rights

Advocate General Szpunar has issued an opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding AI and copyright law. The opinion suggests that unlicensed sampling of copyrighted material infringes upon the reproduction rights of phonogram producers. However, the CJEU was advised not to rule on the specific questions related to Large Language Model (LLM) training data. AI

IMPACT This legal opinion could shape how AI models are trained and how copyrighted material is used, potentially impacting the development and deployment of AI technologies.

RANK_REASON The cluster concerns a legal opinion from an Advocate General to a high court regarding AI and copyright, which is a significant policy development. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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EU Court Advised on AI Copyright and Sampling Rights

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · glynmoody ·

    AG Szpunar’s Opinion in Like Company is here: a landmark take on several questions facing # AI and # copyright /related rights, even though the # CJEU is advise

    AG Szpunar’s Opinion in Like Company is here: a landmark take on several questions facing # AI and # copyright /related rights, even though the # CJEU is advised not to answer the questions on # LLM training - https:// ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/11/ ag-szpunars-opinion-in-like-co…