US Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) have introduced the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR) Act, a bipartisan legislation designed "to protect the intellectual property rights of creators and encourage transparency in the development of artificial intelligence (AI)." The CLEAR Act, which has received the support of a wide range of organisations from the creative sector, would "require a notice be submitted to the Register of Copyrights with respect to cop...

Over 20 organisations from across Europe’s music ecosystem have called on the European Union institutions to adopt a "strong budget" and an "ambitious sectoral approach" for music within the future AgoraEU programme. Organisations representing creators (ECSA, IAO, FIM), music rights organisation (GESAC, AEPO-ARTIS), music publishers (IMPF), labels (IMPALA), managers (EMMA) and the live sector (Live DMA, Yourope, Liveurope), among others, argue in an open letter to European policy makers that the...

Germany's government will introduce this spring a legislation that will set mandatory investment requirements for streaming platforms and local broadcasters, calling for them to invest 8% of their annual net revenue generated in Germany into the production of local film and TV shows. By introducing production quotas, Germany joins at least a dozen other European countries including France and Italy that have already put in place similar measures to boost their local production industry. Culture...