Boutique music rights company MusicBird has acquired the master royalty income from Scottish musician Dougie Thomson, bassist of British band Supertramp. The deal, the financial terms of which have not been disclosed, includes Thomson’s recordings with Supertramp, including songs such as ‘Goodbye Stranger’, ‘Give a Little Bit’ and ‘Breakfast in America’. Thomson was a member of Supertramp’s classic lineup and remained an integral part of the band for seven albums over 15 years up until 1988, in...

The French Senate has unanimously adopted in plenary session on April 8 the bill proposing to amend the country's Code of Intellectual Property by introducing a presumption of use of cultural content by artificial intelligence providers. The bill reads: "Unless proven otherwise, in any civil dispute, a work or object protected by copyright or related rights, as defined in this code, is presumed to have been used by the supplier of the artificial intelligence model or system, provided that an in...

France's cultural sector has welcomed the introduction in the Senate of a proposed bill establishing a presumption of exploitation of cultural content by AI providers. The bill will be discussed by Senators on April 8. The bill No. 220 (2025-2026) is an initiative from Senator Laure Darcos, who introduced the legislation in the Senate on December 12, 2025. The Senate's Committee on Culture, Education, Communication and Sport unanimously approved the proposed bill on April 1 and sent it to the Se...