EU Consultation on TDM Rights-Reservation Protocols

rights policy item·public consultation·closed

Closed consultation on machine-readable protocols by which rightsholders reserve works from text and data mining.

Verified facts

Official site	https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultations/commission-launches-consultation-protocols-reserving-rights-text-and-data-mining-under-ai-act-and ↗
Geography	European Union
identifier	AI Act/GPAI Code TDM protocols consultation
parties	unknown
item type	public_consultation
confidence	high
identifier	AI Act/GPAI Code TDM protocols consultation
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	European Union
adoption date	2025-12-01
affected works	unknown
current status	consultation_closed_final_protocol_list_pending
effective date	2026-01-23
affected models	unknown
canonical title	EU Consultation on TDM Rights-Reservation Protocols
confidence basis	Primary or first-party source reviewed; legal effect stated conservatively.
enforcement date	unknown
affected datasets	unknown
issuing authority	European Commission
primary documents	https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultations/commission-launches-consultation-protocols-reserving-rights-text-and-data-mining-under-ai-act-and
unresolved questions	Which protocols will be recognized and how music metadata or catalog-level reservations will be expressed.
affected entity types	rightsholders; GPAI providers; crawler operators
affected organizations	unknown