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What is up in copyright politics for AI – in Germany and the EU? The 7th Berlin Congress on Copyright Policy (Kongress Urheberrechtspolitik) took place last week co-moderated by Christiane Stützle and me.
Here are my main takeaways:
- Germany: The new coalition agreement aims for a mandatory remuneration for AI training. The German government will try to change EU law respectively.
- EU: Axel Voss of the European Parliament and his team member Leonie Heutmann are working on an initiative report to pressure the European Commission to initiate an AI related copyright reform. Topics: Training remuneration. Option to exclude training when the output is competing. Pushing AI providers to licensing by establishing a duty to look for licenses, comparable to article 17.(4)a DSM Copyright Directive.
- We are all waiting for the AI office to issue a final code of practice and guidelines to provide more flesh to the “copyright” duties in article 53 AI Act. It will come into force on 2 August 2025.
A big thank you to at Erich Pommer Institut gGmbH and here to Nadine Wrobel-Sparig and Gabriela Seidel for organising this 150 people event so excellently. To the Länder Brandenburg and Berlin for hosting the Congress and at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for supporting it. It was a great pleasure to moderate together with Christiane Stützle. Special thanks to Kaya Milobara and Susan Bischof for helping to prepare the moderation.
Excellent key note speakers: Dr. Martin Bittner (German Ministery of Justice and for Consumer Protection), Axel Voss (MEP), Gerard de Melo (Hasso-Plattner-Institue). Great panels with Leonie Heutmann, Katharina Uppenbrink, Dr. Amit Datta, Dr. Kai Welp, Heinrich Schafmeister, Dr. Kirsten von Hutten, Lucie-Aimée Kaffee, Simon Rein and a final Keynote on ethics by Joanna Bryson.
Stay tuned for the 8th KUP in 2027!
