French Startup IPFC Unveils AI Rights Model to Protect and Pay Creators

May 5, 2026 3:09am PT

French Startup IPFC Unveils AI Rights Model to Protect and Pay Creators

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Elsa Keslassy

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Elsa Keslassy

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Romeo Lipszyc

In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems.

Their model draws inspiration from rights management orgs such as SACEM, the French society of authors, composers and publishers which collects royalties and distributes them to creators.

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