Italy: Senate passed Bill on Provisions and Delegation to Government on Artificial Intelligence including copyright protection regulation

On 20 March 2025, the Senate passed the Bill on Provisions and Delegation to the Government on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Bill amends Law No. 633 to state that copyright protection applies exclusively to works of human intellect. It explicitly recognises that works generated using AI tools are protected only if they represent the result of the author’s intellectual effort. Furthermore, the Bill adds a new provision allowing the reproduction and extraction of works or materials available online or in databases, provided there is legitimate access, for the purpose of text and data mining by AI models, including generative systems.