The **European Commission** has started a public consultation to study how new technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), affect **copyright** laws. Copyright is the legal right that gives creators control over their work, such as books, music, and films. The consultation, open until November 3, invites input from a range of groups, including content creators, AI companies, organizations that manage rights on behalf of creators, and research institutions. The goal is to find better ways to license content, ensure creators are fairly paid, and allow AI developers to legally use copyrighted material. This comes after the Commission previously collected evidence from May 18 to June 25, 2026, where it hinted at possibly updating the 2019 **Copyright Directive** for the European digital market. While current European laws already protect copyright, the Commission believes new challenges and changes in how content is used online may require additional rules to keep the system fair and effective. The consultation also touches on other copyright-related issues, such as preventing the illegal sharing of live events online, ensuring performers and music producers are properly paid, and managing copyright in scientific research. These topics reflect the growing complexity of how content is created, shared, and used in the digital age. In France, a proposed law that would have assumed AI companies used cultural content for copyright purposes was rejected by the **National Assembly** in July, even though it had been passed unanimously by the **Senate**. The law aimed to simplify the process of ensuring AI developers pay for using copyrighted material, but it did not gain enough support in the lower house of the French parliament.