The May report begins with the Trump administration, which announced a 100% tariff on “foreign films”, calling them a national security threat. In response, over 100 global film and TV organizations urged governments to protect cultural policies and support independent production. They highlighted the risks to regulations like the European Union (EU)’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and called for reaffirming the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In addition, the report considers a coalition of European rightsholders which criticized the EU’s third draft of the Code of Practice on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for weakening copyright safeguards and demanded mandatory transparency on AI training data. Moreover, in the United States a court ruled that AI-generated works without human input cannot be copyrighted, while the Trump administration dismissed the US Copyright Office head, who had warned against protecting AI-created content. Finally, the report focuses on recent developments concerning digital platforms, notably Netflix, Prime Video, Deezer, and YouTube.
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