Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
Own-initiative report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence. The amendments add citations to the Charter, the Berne and Rome Conventions and the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, and revise recitals on intellectual property as a fundamental right, the exclusive and moral rights of authors, performers and producers, Europe's technological sovereignty and competitiveness in AI, the cultural and creative sectors, and applying EU rules to non-EU generative AI services.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled16 Sep 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted10 Mar 2026 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Plenary votes
3 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
- 10 Mar 2026RejectedOn amendment 2 — paragraph 3Official label: § 3 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗159 for426 against26 abstentions107 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 10 Mar 2026RejectedOn amendment 1 — text to be inserted after recital HOfficial label: Après le considérant H - Am 1 · what was voted ↗174 for410 against18 abstentions116 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 10 Mar 2026Main voteAdoptedOn the motion for a resolution — the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗460 for71 against88 abstentions99 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
Official amendment documents
Members who amended this procedure
29 Members · by amendment countThe amendments, in full text
370 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.