As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2026 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Last year…
The UK did not implement the CDSM Directive with its two text and data mining (TDM) exceptions (Articles 3 and 4). Neither does the UK have any horizontal AI regulation such as the AI Act…
We tend to think that bad policy begins in parliament buildings, in closed-door meetings, or in regulatory working groups. But often, it starts elsewhere — on the street, in a café queue, or on…
Part 1 of this post outlined the decision in GEMA v OpenAI and placed it in the action workflow of large language models (LLMs) as well as explaining why treating training as “reproduction”, in the…
My impulse to write this piece came from a question at a recent Conference, where I was speaking about AI training, fair use and EU text-and-data mining (TDM). During the Q&A, someone asked about…
Around the world, governments are developing legal frameworks to address artificial intelligence. The European Union has adopted a comprehensive AI Act regulating high-risk systems, while South Korea…
In August, I spoke at the Panama International Book Fair, in an event co-hosted by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Panama Copyright Office, the Ministry of Culture, and the…
As the EU continues to wrestle with large-scale unauthorised use of works in AI training and outputs, the rapid convergence of search and AI answers is further complicating an already lagging…
IntroductionThe landmark Getty Images v Stability AI judgment came out on 4 November 2025. The decision is a landmark one because it is the first UK case dealing with whether AI training infringes…
