Exceptions and Limitations

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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…

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…