AI and copyright - EU: Copyright infrastructure Task Force

OKM024:00/2024 Development

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The Copyright infrastructure on national, EU and global level supports industry-specific initiatives to promote the proper functioning of the copyright system in particular to form an open rights data framework (ORDF) for new technologies. This webpage is for the AI- subgroups and on EU-level the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF).

Project status

8.3.2024 Term starts

31.3.2027 Term ends

Basic information In progress

Project number OKM024:00/2024

Case numbers VN/7020/2024

Set by Ministry of Education and Culture

Term/schedule 8.3.2024 – 31.3.2027

Date of appointment 19.10.2023

Contact person
Aura Lehtonen, Hallitussihteeri
tel. +358 295 330 340
[email protected]

Summary

Starting points

NATIONAL LEVEL work will involve subgroups on AI and copyright discussing topics like practices in the use of AI (creativity, authorship), technology (identification, transparency) and legal issues (compliance with DSMD, AI Act etc).

EU LEVEL WORK (AI use case)
Considering the need and urgency to equip the creative industries with adequate tools to face challenges arising from Large Language Models and Generative AI, and the current EBSI (European Blockchain Service Infrastructure) work, whereby Intellectual Property is a use case for the Pre-Commercial Procurement and an Open Rights Data Exchange is an application scenario for TRACE4EU, the EBSI traceability project,
the CI Task Force suggest leveraging an AI & Copyright Use Case to –
- launch its operations in 2024,
- conduct a Large-Scale Pilot, and
- work closely with the EDIC Europeum while becoming one of its Use Case Groups and conduct the pilot in 2025

GLOBAL LEVEL WORK will continue with global level meetings and events relating to infrastructure development www.wipo.int

Development of copyright infrastructure is taking place within all various creative sectors and in cooperation with stakeholders representing various interests in the copyright system. Sharing of experiences within, among and between the creatives sectors supports the development of common best practices and where needed, standards for the compliance of the specific provisions of the copyright system.

To support this work the government of Finland has organised a series of facilitated meetings and workshops between 2020-2023. Finland has also provided funding to the various creative sectors to develop their practices in relation to metadata on works, authors and their terms of use (rights) among others. Such data is considered (electronic) rights management information protected against alteration and removal under the WIPO Internet treaties (1996) and EU directive 2001/29/EC (Information Society)

NATIONAL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT (work led by ministry of Education and Culture in Finland) takes place under the National Copyright Delegation established for 2023-2027 led by State Secretary Elina Laavi to Science and Culture Minister Sari Multala. This work continues with a focus on AI and copyright related questions. Subgroups are set for I: Practices related to AI, II: Technologies, III. Legal issues; Groups of 20 experts will meet three times during spring and early fall and report to the Copyright Delegation in the end of the year 2024.

EU LEVEL DEVELOPMENT takes place within the CI Task Force which is a forum for informal exchanges between experts from EU member states. Participants of the CITF are BE, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, HU, IT, LT, LV, MT and 2 EFTA members and the European Commission (as observers).
The Copyright Infrastructure Task Force is a EU level multi country project established by the initiative of Estonia to Finland in 2022. The Task force consists currently of representatives of some 12 countries as either members or observers and the Commission. The CI Task Force is open to any EU MS (no obligations or financial contributions required) It meets around once a month (Tuesday at 8.30 - 11 am on Teams). Currently the CI Task force is planning and defining a use case to be made on the topic of AI&Copyright (see below). Contact: [email protected]

GLOBAL LEVEL WORK (work led by WIPO)
This work has taken place especially at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with the organisation of WIPO Copyright Infrastructure Webinars during 2022-2023 with various stakeholders of the copyright system. Copyright Infrastructure development is partly relevant also in the studies conducted by WIPO on the voluntary registration of rights, transfer of rights and legal deposit systems. The AI Conversations organised remotely by WIPO touch also upon the benefit of new frontier technologies on the management of the global IP system. WIPO's important engagement in this topics continue is continuing in 2024. More information: www.wipo.int

Meeting materials and appendices

The Proposition of an AI and Copyright use case PDF

12.7.2024 Anna Vuopala
The Proposition of the CITF and AI use case PDF

12.7.2024 Philippe Rixhon
Valunote Oü Profile PDF

12.7.2024 Philippe Rixhon
one pager on CITF PDF

15.4.2024 Philippe Rixhon

Copyright Infrastructure Task Force in one page
Copyright Conference of the Belgian Presidency in Namur

9.4.2024 Philippe Rixhon

Link to the excellent program and presentation as the Copyright Conference in Namur - Second day reflected on Copyright Infrastructure Task Force and the AI and Copyright Use case https://economie.fgov.be/en/events/belgian-copyright-conference
Slides for Copyright Infrastructure and the Copyright & AI use case PDF

12.3.2024 Philippe Rixhon

- Slides
Legal specifications: AI & copyright use case

4.3.2024 Anna Vuopala

- The document is currently being developed in the CI Task Force - Please send comments to this version are welcome until 22 March, 2024 to Anna Vuopala, [email protected]
The CI Task force and the Proposition of a Copyright & AI use case PDF

30.1.2024 Philippe Rixhon

This document presents the proposition of the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force instigated by the Governments of Finland and Estonia and is accompanied by the slide deck Copyright Infrastructure Task Force – Proposition

All completed and updated measures

Ungrouped

Lehtonen, Aura
Hallitussihteeri
Ministry of Education and Culture

Role: Project contact person
8.3.2024 – 31.3.2027

Vuopala, Anna
HALLITUSNEUVOS
Ministry of Education and Culture

Role: Person in charge
8.3.2024 –

AI and copyright - EU: Copyright infrastructure Task Force

Project status

CI Task Force: Presentation of implementation strategy

Documents

CI Task Force: Legal and technical definitions for the AI use case

Documents

Development of the Copyright Infrastructure 2020-2023

AI subgroup meetings: 1/3 meeting of Groups I, II and III (In Finnish)

CI Task Force meeting

AI -subgroup meeting 2/3 29.8 - 4.9. (in Finnish)

CI Task Force: First physical meeting in Brussels

AI -pienryhmien I, II ja III 3/3 kokous 24-25.9.2024 (In Finnish)

AI subgroups: reports of all three subgroups at the National Copyright Delegation

CI Task Force - updates on progress

AI-pienryhmien raportointi: Ryhmä I: Tekoäly luovassa työssä (in Finnish)

AI-pienryhmien raportointi: Ryhmä II- Teknologia (In FInnish)

AI-pineryhmien raportointi: Ryhmä III - Juridiikka (In Finnish)

CI Task Force: Update on progress

Basic information In progress

Summary

Starting points

Tekijänoikeusasioiden neuvottelukunta 2023-2027