ECIPE's Guinea warns compulsory AI copyright licensing would hurt EU startups

ECIPE's Oscar Guinea argues the EU should keep its Article 4 text and data mining exception rather than impose compulsory AI copyright licensing, warning large US firms could absorb the fees while European AI startups could not.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE comment, published by Encompass Europe, 11 September 2026

What the source does not establish. The piece is ECIPE's policy argument and does not report any change to the Copyright Directive.

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