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Danish EU Presidency consultation on copyright and AI

16 October 2025 Contributions
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The SAA's response to the Danish Presidency policy questionnaire on selected questions regarding lessons learned from Article 15 of the CDSM Directive, and on fostering a well-functioning licensing framework in the age of AI.

The SAA is grateful to the Danish Presidency of the Council for keeping up the discussions around AI and licensing, inquiring on very practical matters that are often glossed over in other occasions and by other EU institutions. We are especially referring to the matters of licensing mechanisms and the prominent role CMOs can have in streamlining remuneration from users to authors, that the questionnaire invites both Member States and stakeholders to react to. We also welcome the choice of including a dedicated space for stakeholders to participate in the conversation. In the following paragraphs, we contribute to a selection of questions that we deem of importance for audiovisual authors and their CMOs (Questions 30 to 38).

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