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João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

Streaming Without Copying: The CJEU Redefines Private Use in Stichting de Thuiskopie (C-496/24)

May 13, 2026

IntroductionOn 16 April 2026, the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-496/24, Stichting de Thuiskopie, concerning Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 (InfoSoc…

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Marketa Trimble (William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Generative AI and the EU Copyright Law’s Blind Spots

May 6, 2026

Legislatures are notoriously inefficient in legislating for future technologies. These technologies are sometimes developing at the same time as legislatures are debating new laws, resulting in the…

Samay Jain (Symbiosis Law School, Pune)

From TRIPS to Training Data: Does the WTO Framework Offer Any Answers to the AI-Copyright Crisis?

April 30, 2026

On 10 March 2026, the European Parliament adopted, by 460 votes to 71, a resolution on copyright and generative AI proposing that EU copyright law apply to every generative AI system placed on the EU…

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Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool)

All you need is dialogue: the CJEU interprets ‘pastiche’ in Pelham II

April 27, 2026

On 14 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Pelham II, bringing partial closure to litigation spanning more than two decades. The dispute originated…

James Hall, Alina Trapova (University College London)

Report on a roundtable on music, generative AI, and copyright at the UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law

April 22, 2026

The debate around generative artificial intelligence (genAI) and copyright law has been raging on globally for some time. In some respects, the dust is slowly beginning to settle: for example, the…

Alina Trapova (University College London), João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

EU copyright law roundup – first trimester of 2026

April 16, 2026

Welcome to our first roundup for 2026. In the first trimester of this year, several important developments have taken place in the EU copyright law arena. As our regular audience will know, in this…

Michiel A. Smit (Leiden University)

How Metaphors Can Make or Break AI Copyright Cases

April 15, 2026

Metaphors are crucial to our (mis)understanding of generative AI (GenAI). For instance, AI is systematically conceptualized in human terms such as neural networks that learn, know and memorize. This…