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). 

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Original Posting: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/13679/7