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...

The Australian Government has passed a copyright reform designed "to providing Australians greater legal certainty when using ‘orphan works’ (copyright material where the copyright owner is unknown or unlocatable)." The orphan works scheme is the first ever under Australian copyright law. It will provide "reasonable scope for copyright owners to come forward and assert their rights in the rare case an owner is later identified," according to the Albanese government.

Australia's Attorney-General...