Under the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) transparency and copyright measures apply to all general-purpose AI models, irrespective of size. A code of practice (CoP) for the implementation of the AI Act is under preparation. A third draft, issued on 11 March, made progress on some issues but is still unnecessarily restrictive on copyright.
Artists rarely have the ability to enforce copyright unless they’re massive. Be real, copyright protects the interests of publishers, not artists.
It protects all copyright holders, big and small. Your war against publishers can’t harm artists, otherwise it looks like you’re mostly after pirating content you don’t want to pay for.