"Key tools for implementing the AI Act such as the GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI guidelines and the template for the summary of content used for training by AI providers are toothless and disappointing", @helienne.bsky.social states.

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🚨 We call on the European Commission to revisit the implementation package and enforce Article 53 in a meaningful way, ensuring that the EU AI Act lives up to its promise to safeguard European intellectual property rights in the age of generative AI.

❌ We see the recently published GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI Guidelines, and the Template for disclosure of a sufficiently detailed summary as a missed opportunity to provide real protection of IP rights in the context of #genAI. This outcome does not deliver on the promise of the EU AI Act.

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Approving this deal would further exacerbate market concentration which is detrimental to composers and songwriters – and a healthy music sector.

As the music market is already dominated by a handful of global players, the acquisition of Downtown Music by UMG would hinder fair competition across the music value chain and reduce the freedom of choice for composers and songwriters.

We thank the European Parliament for drafting this report, which offers a crucial opportunity to engage in a long-overdue, democratic debate on generative AI and its impact on our creative communities.