EU Parliament Adopts Resolution on Generative AI Copyright — Proposes 5–7% Flat-Rate Fee on AI Turnover

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 'Copyright and generative artificial intelligence' by 460 votes to 71, with 88 abstentions. The resolution, led by Rapporteur Axel Voss, calls for a retroactive copyright global licence fee of 5–7% of AI developers' global turnover for past unauthorised uses of copyrighted works — estimated to generate approximately €420 million for creators. It mandates title-specific transparency obligations for AI training content, proposes a voluntary collective licensing framework managed through a EUIPO-administered 'licensing hub,' and asserts that EU copyright law applies to all AI systems available on the EU market regardless of where training data was processed.