European Union: what the rules say
26 de set. de 2026 · Informação de contexto
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Background on the rules in European Union, from the provisions as read on 2026-09-24. Rules differ by country and change over time. This is background, not legal advice — for anything turning on a deadline or a particular court, ask a qualified professional where you live.
EU01 | Why must a reservation of rights, as it stood at the time, be preserved for training and TDM?
The general TDM exception in Article 4 of the DSM Directive turns on lawful access and on rights being expressly reserved in an appropriate manner; for content made publicly available online that includes machine-readable means. The research route for eligible institutions under Article 3 is handled separately, and one opt-out cannot be read as blocking every statutory use.
Applies when: Check who is carrying out the TDM and for what purpose, the access conditions, when rights were reserved, and the implementing law of the Member State.
Exceptions and defences: The scope of protection, licences and statutory exceptions each have to be examined separately.
Related material: E07 (SOP06), E10 (SOP06), E11 (SOP06), E30 (SOP02), E31 (SOP02)
Source: [S11] Articles3-4
EU02 | Can a public training summary prove that a particular work was trained on?
Article 53(1)(c) and (d) of the AI Act concern a copyright policy and a public summary of training content respectively. A summary is not a work-by-work list, and provisions about technical documentation aimed mainly at regulators and downstream providers cannot be rewritten into every user having direct access to all the data.
Applies when: The court, the applicable law, the date of the act, ownership of the rights and the facts of the case all have to be confirmed.
Exceptions and defences: The scope of protection, licences and statutory exceptions each have to be examined separately.
Related material: E13 (SOP02), E14 (SOP02), E30 (SOP02), E31 (SOP02), E48 (SOP02)
Source: [S12] Article53(1)(a)-(d)
EU03 | What steps are needed to obtain evidence held by a company?
Articles 6–7 of the Enforcement Directive concern conditional court-ordered disclosure and preservation of evidence, with confidentiality taken into account. An ordinary user cannot be expected to obtain a company's training back-end, and registering on a platform cannot be promised as a right of access to company data.
Applies when: A request meeting the procedural conditions is required, and the Member State's transposition and court practice have to be checked.
Exceptions and defences: The scope of protection, licences and statutory exceptions each have to be examined separately.
Related material: E17 (SOP02), E24 (SOP02), E30 (SOP02), E31 (SOP02), E44 (SOP05)
Source: [S13] Articles6-7
Sources
- [S11] Directive (EU) 2019/790—DSM (EU) | locators: Articles 2-4 | checked: 2026-09-24 | access: selected_text_read | confirmed as current full text: no | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/790/oj/eng
- [S12] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689—AI Act (EU) | locators: Article53(1)(a)-(d),53(2); Articles111,113需逐模型审查 | checked: 2026-09-24 | access: selected_text_read | confirmed as current full text: no | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
- [S13] Directive 2004/48/EC—IP enforcement (EU) | locators: Articles6-7 | checked: 2026-09-24 | access: selected_text_read | confirmed as current full text: no | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2004/48/oj/eng