João Pedro Quintais

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

EU copyright law roundup – third trimester of 2026

October 7, 2026

Welcome to the EU roundup for the third trimester of 2026 covering the period from June to September. This summer was quiet. Nonetheless, there still have been some interesting EU copyright law…

Thomas Margoni (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow), Axel Metzger (Humboldt University), João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR)), Tatiana Synodinou (University of Cyprus)

The concept of lawful access and its implications for user freedoms in the EU copyright acquis: Opinion of the European Copyright Society

August 10, 2026

The advent of digital technologies and connected patterns of production and consumption has progressively displaced ownership in favour of access as the predominant mode of enjoyment of works of…

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

EU copyright law roundup – second trimester of 2026

July 6, 2026

As we are going from one heatwave to another, EU copyright law has not stopped producing exciting developments on the judicial and policy front. In this issue we report on CJEU judgments (including…

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…

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…

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Peter Mezei (University of Szeged, Hungary), Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow), Thomas Margoni (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), Alexander Peukert (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

Comment of the European Copyright Society on the request for preliminary ruling in Case C-250/25 (Like Company)

March 4, 2026

The European Copyright Society published its Opinion in Like Company. The European Copyright Society (ECS) was founded in 2012 with the aim of creating a platform for critical and independent…

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

January 22, 2026

Now that 2026 year has started with full force, it makes sense to see where 2025 left us in terms of EU copyright law during its final months (October – December). During that period, we saw some…

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

EU copyright law roundup – second and third trimester of 2025

October 8, 2025

Following our platform update and the summer break, one may think we stopped our roundup series. Rest assured – we are here! This edition combines the second and third trimesters, so it will be…

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

A mid-year review of AI and copyright posts

June 24, 2025

Image generated by ChatGPT using DALL·E, OpenAI, 2025. Prompt: "In a professional office, a humanoid robot and two human colleagues are engaged in a conversation about AI and copyright, in the style…