Exceptions and Limitations

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   Image by Pexels from Pixabay Welcome back to Part II of the analysis of AG Emiliou’s Opinion in C-590/23 Pelham II. In Part I (here), we analysed the interpretation of pastiche as an autonomous…

  Image by Pexels from Pixabay The long-awaited opinion of Advocate-General (AG) Emiliou in C-590/23 Pelham, the enduring dispute between the electronic music group Kraftwerk against hip-hop…

In an age where digital access defines education, research, and participation, European libraries face serious legal and technical barriers to lending electronic books. Despite the digital shift,…

Photo by cottonbro studio via PexelsIn an era where digital access to knowledge shapes the frontiers of education, research, and participation, European libraries face significant legal and…

  Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay The debate on whether works protected by copyright can be used for the training of artificial intelligence (AI) has reached India. While dozens of US District…

  Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Regular readers of the Kluwer Copyright Blog may already be familiar with the excellent reviews of the first two rulings on the European Union’s new text and…

Photo by Gilles Lambert on Unsplash On the 10th of April 2025, new rules came into force as part of Elon Musk’s crackdown on impersonation accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter). Under these…

Photo by CrowN on Unsplash Once the dust has settled after a difficult lawmaking process, commentators may succumb to the temptation of simply accepting and rubberstamping whatever result has been…

  Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain…