India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has outlined a proposal for a compulsory blanket license in order to allow artificial intelligence companies to access copyright-protected content to train their AI model. The proposal was made in the Working Paper on Generative AI and Copyright titled 'One Nation, One License, One Payment -- Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright'. The system would provide "a balanced legal framework" that would ensure "fair compensation to...

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google's use of content from web publishers, as well as content uploaded on Google-owned online video-sharing platform YouTube, for artificial intelligence purposes. The probe will assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules and will "examine whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators, or by granting itself privileged access to such conten...

Universal Music Group has addressed concerns regarding the proposed $775 million acquisition of independent music company Downtown Music by offering an unspecified remedy to the European Commission. UMG said the remedy proposal followed "constructive conversations" with the Commission. "We have submitted a robust remedy that comprehensively addresses the Commission's only remaining concern," said UMG in a statement. "This deal is about offering independent music entrepreneurs access to world-cl...