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.

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Belgium's Constitutional Court has affirmed on March 26 the validity of the country's implementation decree of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which introduced obligations for video streaming platforms to contribute to the financing of local content. Netflix challenged the decree in court. The Court rejected most of Netflix's criticisms in its appeal to annul the AVMS decree, which included the mandatory contribution system for audiovisual production. The Court also referred pre...