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…
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…
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…
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…
The global debate over generative AI (genAI) and copyright has, by now, produced a voluminous body of commentary. Courts in the United States have wrestled with fair use factors in Kadrey v. Meta and…
For the first time, a German court has addressed the "Prompter's" claim to authorship in the output. The District Court of Munich (AG München, Judgment of Feb 13, 2026 – 142 C 9786/25) offers a…
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has reignited long‑standing debates about how copyright law should balance incentives for creation with the societal benefits of…
On 10 March the European Parliament adopted a report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence, tabled by the Committee on Legal Affairs. The report urges the European Commission to…
This post continues the discussion initiated in my recent contribution and turns from legislative developments to emerging administrative practice. In late 2025, two related AI-assisted works were…
