“By federalizing a new likeness right and coupling it to notice-and-staydown requirements, aggressive statutory damages, and easy unmasking, it creates millions in new annual costs for digital services, both small and large, which favors incumbents and creates barriers to entry.”
Small business & startup burden
Compliance cost framed as bearable by incumbents but fatal to startups ('little tech').
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Claims argued this way
“It is vital that we reduce this burden as much as possible, and let SMEs apply GPAI, foundation models and other new emerging AI technologies in their innovations. This is why we support recent moves by Member States to limit the scope for foundation models to transparency standards.”
Joint statement with 30+ national digital industry associations, at AI Act trilogue stage (Nov 2023).