JUL 12, 2025 | EUROPEAN UNION | BELGIUM
BSA on Improvements to the GPAI Code of Practice
Agence Europe
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents the interests of major software manufacturers such as Microsoft and Adobe, appears more open to the code’s “improvements”, particularly with regard to “protections of trade secrets”.
Director of Policy [for EMEA] Hadrien Valembois believes that [the code] shows “additional flexibility in its compliance with the Act, a welcome reference to the EU Copyright Directive and its well-crafted and balanced text and data mining exception, and [...] better alignment with the scope of the AI Act.”
But the trade association does, once again, call for the timetable for implementing the code’s commitments to be adapted —asking the European Commission to “consider options [...] to allow companies [...] to comply with its provisions” (see EUROPE B13673A15).
Original Posting: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/13679/7
ACERCA DE BSA
El Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) es el principal defensor de la industria global del software ante los gobiernos y en el mercado internacional. Sus miembros se encuentran entre las compañías más innovadoras del mundo, creando soluciones de software que impulsan la economía y mejoran la vida moderna.