Joint voting recommendations on the proposed amendments to the JURI Committee draft report on copyright and AI

On 7 October 2025, ECSA and 12 other organisations representing hundreds of thousands of creators and artists all over Europe sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee, presenting our views and voting recommendations on amendments to the JURI draft report “Copyright and generative AI – opportunities and challenges". Find the letter below.

Ensuring the protection of the rights of creators and artists in the development of generative AI 

Dear Member of the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee,

We are writing to you on behalf of a coalition of professional organisations representing the collective voice of hundreds of thousands of journalists, performers, composers, songwriters, screen directors, screenwriters, translators, visual artists, illustrators and other artists and creative workers.

In July, MEP Axel Voss shared the draft report “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges”, which our coalition warmly welcomed as it reflected several of the key concerns highlighted in our letter to JURI from 19 June, including our calls to assess the applicability of the TDM exception, ensure a high level of transparency, and the ability for our members to authorise the use of their works by genAI and receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration for their exploitation.

Since the publication of the draft report, the final implementation package of the AI Act (GPAI Code of Practice, GPAI guidelines, and transparency template) failed to provide our members with effective and meaningful tools to enforce their rights, increasing the expectations for the European Parliament to ensure that the rights of the authors, performers, and creative workers we represent are respected.

Following the publication of the amendments, we are writing to provide our voting recommendations on several priorities that are crucial to our organisations:

Ensuring full and effective transparency for all models placed on the EU market, going beyond the insufficient requirements provided by the AI Act’s implementation and making sure trade secrets cannot be used to oppose transparency

-        Support amendments 223, 230, 282, 320, 326, 327, 329, 330, 332, 337, 359, 361

-        Reject amendments 325, 328, 358

Ensuring authors’, performers’, and creative workers’ fair and proportionate remuneration

-        Support amendments 225, 233, 241, 242, 243, 249, 282, 297

-        Reject amendments 229, 252, 255

Ensuring rightsholders’ can authorise or refuse the use of their works, including through voluntary and sector-specific licensing agreements

-        Support amendments 226, 231, 234–237, 239, 240, 245, 246, 247, 248, 253, 254, 262, 264, 265, 286, 303, 304, 305, 306

-        Reject amendments 302, 307

Clarifying the application of Art. 4 of the CDSM Directive to generative AI

-        Support amendments 217, 221, 279, 281, 291, 294, 295, 296, 298, 301, 355

-        Reject amendments 216, 220, 222, 232

Establishing a presumption of use and related actions to facilitate rightsholders in exercising their rights

-        Support amendments 338, 339, 341, 343, 348

-        Reject amendments 340, 344

Facilitating the exercise and enforcement of rights reservations

-        Support amendments 269, 270, 272, 274, 275, 320

-        Reject amendment 268

Opposing the introduction of a new dedicated exception for genAI

-        Support amendments 283, 284, 285

-        Reject amendments 260, 266, 287-290, 292

Ensuring the labelling of AI-generated content and preventing unauthorised deepfakes

-        Support amendments 278, 321, 323, 324, 350, 351, 370

Regulating other aspects of genAI services and online platforms and introducing liability rules

-        Support amendments 221, 265, 336, 366, 367, 368

We call on you to urgently consider these recommendations to ensure that the final report adequately reflects that needs of Europe’s creative community, and thank you for the efforts achieved so far on this important file. We remain at your disposal for any questions or clarification.

Voting recommendations – Overview

The list below outlines the complete list of voting recommendations (including the citations and recitals).

Supported amendments:

5, 15, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 102, 108, 110, 111, 112, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 140, 143, 144, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 172, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 200, 204, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217, 221, 223, 225, 226, 228, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253, 254, 262, 264, 265, 269, 270, 272, 274, 275, 278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 291, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 320, 321, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329, 330, 332, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 343, 348, 350, 351, 355, 359, 361, 366, 367, 368, 370

Rejected amendments:

42, 43, 49, 55, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 76, 79, 90, 94, 98, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 141, 142, 145, 146, 153, 154, 171, 173, 198, 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 211, 216, 220, 222, 229, 232, 252, 255, 260, 266, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 302, 307, 325, 328, 340, 344, 358