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The French CSPLA has published the findings of a much-anticipated inquiry into a key legal question: Do European copyright laws apply to large AI models developed outside the EU? The report concludes that once AI models are marketed within the EU, European copyright law applies\u2014regardless of where the servers are located or where training occurred.\u00a0An executive summary is available in English, with the full report in French<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The French CSPLA has published the findings of a much-anticipated inquiry into a key legal question: Do European copyright laws apply to large AI models developed outside the EU? 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