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IFRRO's new study pairs legal analysis with a global survey of nearly 2,000 rightsholders, reporting widespread concern about generative AI's impact on earnings and copyright protection.
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# IFRRO Releases New Study on AI, Copyright Issues
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The report combines legal and market analyses with a global survey of nearly 2,000 respondents.
By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief
IFRRO ([The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations](https://ifrro.org/)) this week released a new study that explores the impact of generative AI on authors, publishers, and other rightsholders.
The report, [*The Legal, Policy, and Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Text and Image-Based Works*](https://ifrro.org/resources/documents/General/IFRRO_AI_STUDY_Oct2026.pdf), developed in collaboration with attorney and university of intellectual property law professor [Eleonora Rosati](https://www.su.se/english/profiles/e/elro0365), offers a review of the legal and policy landscape along with the results of IFRRO’s recent global survey on generative AI.
“The rapid development of generative AI has created new opportunities, but it has also brought increasingly visible consequences for the text and image sector,” reads and introduction to the report. “Against this background, this study examines the concept of ‘harm’ from legal, policy, and market perspectives, combining analysis of copyright principles, emerging case law, and existing market evidence with the results of IFRRO’s 2026 global survey of nearly 2,000 respondents.”
In a release, IFFRO reps said the findings present “a striking picture” of the impact of generative AI across the creative sectors, with survey respondents reporting that:
* More than 90% of respondents agreeing that “generative AI has directly and negatively impacted” rightsholders’ earnings. * More 75% believing that AI will “displace creative workers.” * The “near totality” of respondents (96%) believe that the current copyright framework does not adequately protect them. * And more than 50% believing that “AI-specific licenses” would “greatly improve their economic situation.”
The study concludes that “the large-scale unauthorized uses of protected content without consent, transparency, or remuneration” are neither “legally nor economically sustainable,” and identifies three “fundamental” conditions for the responsible development of generative AI: “authors and rightsholders must be able to control and meaningfully consent to the use of their works; established copyright principles must be effectively upheld; and robust transparency must be ensured across both the training and output-generation phases of AI systems.”
IFRRO reps said the study builds on the organization’s broader work on copyright and AI, and contributes to IFRRO’s ongoing efforts to support an AI ecosystem in which “technological development and strong copyright protection reinforce, rather than undermine, one another.”
To mark the launch of the study, IFRRO will host a webinar on November 23, at which Rosati will present the study’s key findings, followed by a panel discussion bringing together representatives from across the IFRRO membership. More information and registration details are available [**here**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ifrro-webinar-ai-copyright-and-market-harm-tickets-2003666515485?aff=oddtdtcreator).
Read *The Legal, Policy, and Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Text- and Image-Based Works* [**here**](https://ifrro.org/resources/documents/General/IFRRO_AI_STUDY_Oct2026.pdf)**.**
###### About the Author
#### Andrew Albanese
Andrew Richard Albanese is the editor-in-chief of 'Publishing Perspectives' and founder and editor of 'Words & Money,' a media site that centers the role of libraries in the 21st Century publishing business. A veteran library and publishing industry reporter, he has previously worked for 'Publishers Weekly' and 'Library Journal,' where he was widely known for his in-depth coverage of the Google Books and Apple E-book price-fixing cases, developments in the digital library market, book bans and freedom to read issues, the open access movement, and copyright issues. He is a former associate editor at Oxford University Press, and the author of 'The Battle of $9.99: How Apple, Amazon, and the Big Six Publishers Changed the E-Book Business Overnight.'
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# IFRRO Releases New Study on AI, Copyright Issues
In [News](https://publishingperspectives.com/category/news-blog/ "View all posts in: “News”") by [Andrew Albanese](https://publishingperspectives.com/author/andrew-albanese/)[Leave a Comment](https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/10/ifrro-releases-new-study-on-ai-copyright-issues/#respond "Leave a comment on: “IFRRO Releases New Study on AI, Copyright Issues”")
The report combines legal and market analyses with a global survey of nearly 2,000 respondents.
By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief
IFRRO ([The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations](https://ifrro.org/)) this week released a new study that explores the impact of generative AI on authors, publishers, and other rightsholders.
The report, [*The Legal, Policy, and Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Text and Image-Based Works*](https://ifrro.org/resources/documents/General/IFRRO_AI_STUDY_Oct2026.pdf), developed in collaboration with attorney and university of intellectual property law professor [Eleonora Rosati](https://www.su.se/english/profiles/e/elro0365), offers a review of the legal and policy landscape along with the results of IFRRO’s recent global survey on generative AI.
“The rapid development of generative AI has created new opportunities, but it has also brought increasingly visible consequences for the text and image sector,” reads and introduction to the report. “Against this background, this study examines the concept of ‘harm’ from legal, policy, and market perspectives, combining analysis of copyright principles, emerging case law, and existing market evidence with the results of IFRRO’s 2026 global survey of nearly 2,000 respondents.”
In a release, IFFRO reps said the findings present “a striking picture” of the impact of generative AI across the creative sectors, with survey respondents reporting that:
* More than 90% of respondents agreeing that “generative AI has directly and negatively impacted” rightsholders’ earnings. * More 75% believing that AI will “displace creative workers.” * The “near totality” of respondents (96%) believe that the current copyright framework does not adequately protect them. * And more than 50% believing that “AI-specific licenses” would “greatly improve their economic situation.”
The study concludes that “the large-scale unauthorized uses of protected content without consent, transparency, or remuneration” are neither “legally nor economically sustainable,” and identifies three “fundamental” conditions for the responsible development of generative AI: “authors and rightsholders must be able to control and meaningfully consent to the use of their works; established copyright principles must be effectively upheld; and robust transparency must be ensured across both the training and output-generation phases of AI systems.”
IFRRO reps said the study builds on the organization’s broader work on copyright and AI, and contributes to IFRRO’s ongoing efforts to support an AI ecosystem in which “technological development and strong copyright protection reinforce, rather than undermine, one another.”
To mark the launch of the study, IFRRO will host a webinar on November 23, at which Rosati will present the study’s key findings, followed by a panel discussion bringing together representatives from across the IFRRO membership. More information and registration details are available [**here**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ifrro-webinar-ai-copyright-and-market-harm-tickets-2003666515485?aff=oddtdtcreator).
Read *The Legal, Policy, and Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Text- and Image-Based Works* [**here**](https://ifrro.org/resources/documents/General/IFRRO_AI_STUDY_Oct2026.pdf)**.**
###### About the Author
#### Andrew Albanese
Andrew Richard Albanese is the editor-in-chief of 'Publishing Perspectives' and founder and editor of 'Words & Money,' a media site that centers the role of libraries in the 21st Century publishing business. A veteran library and publishing industry reporter, he has previously worked for 'Publishers Weekly' and 'Library Journal,' where he was widely known for his in-depth coverage of the Google Books and Apple E-book price-fixing cases, developments in the digital library market, book bans and freedom to read issues, the open access movement, and copyright issues. He is a former associate editor at Oxford University Press, and the author of 'The Battle of $9.99: How Apple, Amazon, and the Big Six Publishers Changed the E-Book Business Overnight.'
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