Lawmakers in Europe are pushing back against the idea that AI companies can freely use artists’ creative works. That makes this a good time to meditate on AI and art, copyright and digital rights, and what creativity really means.

(And yeah, I need to remember to lock my white balance.)

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REFERENCES:

European Parliament press release on “Protecting copyrighted work and the EU’s creative sector in the age of AI” https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260306IPR37511/protecting-copyrighted-work-and-the-eu-s-creative-sector-in-the-age-of-ai

UK House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee report on “AI, copyright and the creative industries” https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldcomm/267/267.pdf