On 28 January 2026, the European Parliament’s JURI Committee adopted its report on Copyright and Generative AI—with a clear push for targeted EU legislative intervention across the whole GenAI value chain.What stands out is the move from abstract principles to rights infrastructure:

• Control & consent: workable mechanisms for rightholders to reserve rights for training, and clarity on when express permission is required for downstream uses.
• Transparency that can be enforced: not “nice-to-have” reporting, but documentation that actually enables licensing and remedies.
• EUIPO as a backbone: a credible route for a central opt-out register and trusted intermediation to reduce friction for both creators and AI developers.
• Real consequences for non-compliance: shifts in evidentiary burden and cost allocation so enforcement isn’t a luxury only large rightholders can afford.
• Media sustainability: recognition that GenAI can divert value from news and press, and that fairness mechanisms matter for pluralism—especially local and regional media.

This aligns directly with our CreativeFED white paper: Europe needs rights rails for the AI era—e.g., a European AI Rights Alliance and a pan-European collective management structure for AI training rights—so licensing and remuneration become practical and scalable for individual creators and SMEs.Innovation needs oxygen. But it also needs rules that make markets work.

Read the White Paper: https://creativefed.eu/advocacy