Sadly, there won't be a ninth season of "Game of Thrones" anytime soon. However, in the US, ChatGPT has written a sequel to one of the underlying books, and a US court is hearing the case on grounds…
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…
WIPO’s new Guide to the Copyright and Related Rights Treaties Administered by WIPO (2nd ed.) contains some complicated messages on the use of open general exceptions, like fair use and fair dealing…
In bluechip Computer Aktiengesellschaft v Zentralstelle für Überspielungsrechte (ZPÜ), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) further determines the conditions under which EU Member States…
There is increasing recognition that, as part of its efforts to remain competitive in the race toward ever more powerful AI capabilities, Europe should invest in Public AI. That is, AI systems that…
With AI and copyright debates continuing around the world, the Australian Productivity Commission recently released its interim report on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology. The report focuses on…
In his post of September 4th, 2025, author Eugen Stoica argued for an assertion of sui generis database right protection measures as a means to counter the problem of increased web-scraping and…
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 producers…
