ICYMI: Our comments on copyright and AI in India

STM has expressed support for Congressional efforts to legislate on AI transparency, with several bills proposed to require AI developers to disclose the use of copyrighted material. The TRAIN Act grants rightsholders the ability to petition courts to subpoena developers to release generative AI training data. The CLEAR Act would require generative AI developers to disclose, available via a...

Following the call for evidence on the ERA Act open between 6 August and 10 September 2025, the EU Commission released a summary of stakeholders’ responses. A fragmented copyright landscape, the lack of standardised metadata and interoperable data infrastructures, inequities arising from APCs, dominance of English in scientific publishing, reliance on commercial publishers and restrictive contractual practices...

Last month we joined other publishing organisations and rightsholders in submitting comments to India’s Working Paper on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, which proposed a statutory licensing scheme for AI. STM will continue to monitor this issue and engage with stakeholders in India. View the working paper here.