Reservation of Rights Definition

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What does Reservation of Rights mean?

An express indication by insurers stating that rights are reserved or there is a reservation of rights under the policy, means that indemnity under the insurance policy has not been confirmed. Any continued assistance provided by insurers is not to be deemed as waiving the position on insurance coverage.

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AI non-profit wins German court ruling in decisive copyright case on image scraping

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AI companies might need licensing agreements to use content protected by copyright in the EU for AI training

Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies such as OpenAI and Google DeepMind may soon need to secure licensing agreements with European rights holders to use content protected by copyright for training generative AI applications like ChatGPT and Gemini. The European Commission aims to develop a licensing market for training data by introducing a robust reservation rights mechanism, enabling rights holders to protect their content from data scraping.

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