A coalition of seventeen European film and audiovisual associations, representing screenwriters, filmmakers, producers and distributors, have urged the European Commission and Parliament to keep a specific MEDIA strand for the sector within the AgoraEU programme, which will replace the Creative Europe programme for the 2028–2036 period. As part of AgoraEU, the Commission is proposing three strands: Creative Europe – Culture; MEDIA+ for audiovisual and news media; and Democracy, Citizens, Equalit...

Daren Tang, who served as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) since 2020, has been confirmed for a second six-year term by WIPO's 194 members during the General Assembly of the Geneva-based organisation. Tang was chosen by WIPO’s 83-member Coordination Committee in February 2026 as the next DG against Johanny Stanley Joseph from the Republic of Haiti. Tang received 81 votes in the first round against two for Joseph. Tang's second term will run from October 1,...

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...