The copyright and human rights literature has traditionally focused on a relatively small number of well-known judgments – Ashby Donald, The Pirate Bay, Deckmyn, Pelham (with Pelham II already…
The European Copyright Society (ECS) recently published its Opinion on the interface of rights to access public sector information and copyright. The Executive Summary is reproduced below and the…
On 12 May 2026, the CJEU issued its ruling in Meta (C-797/23). This case raised significant media attention. It focuses on the rights of publishers of press publications pursuant to Article 15…
The European Copyright Society (ECS) has published its Opinion on an EU copyright framework for research. The Executive Summary is reproduced below and the full Opinion is available here. Executive…
This blogpost is part of a series marking the publication of the fourth edition of the book Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, edited by Daniel Gervais and João Pedro Quintais…
In its latest opinion, the European Copyright Society has reviewed the German Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) referral in the Pelham II (a.k.a. Metall auf Metall) case.
Although the beginning of…
The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of…
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Part 1 of this post introduced the challenges for copyright associated with generative IP and the legislative developments in this field. This part 2 explores the idea of…
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Introduction
Generative AI is disrupting the creative process(es) of intellectual works on an unparalleled scale. More and more AI systems offer services that push users’…
