In many copyright infringement cases filed in the United States against AI companies because of their unlicensed use of copyrighted works in the training of AI models, defendants raise fair use as a…
Few rights look more thoroughly harmonised than the right of “communication to the public”. Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive, and the CJEU’s “new public” doctrine built to give it a uniform…
Copyright protection of everyday (utility) objects is one of the most challenging and controversial areas of copyright law. The legal framework for such cases has recently been refined by the rulings…
In the lead-up to Australia’s 2025 federal election, residents of Burnie, a coastal city in Tasmania (Australia), were asked to listen to a recording of Senator Jacqui Lambie outlining a re-election…
Constructive trusts can be imposed to recognise a plaintiff’s interest in property owned by others. Courts in Australia and the UK (Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers and others (No 2) [1988] 3…
A case about more than just a gameAlthough the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been shaping copyright in the EU for years, it is difficult not to get the impression that the debate…
Piracy represents the primary threat to the exploitation of audiovisual content. This threat is particularly evident in the context of live events, such as sporting competitions. The value of these…
In February 2025, the Spanish Supreme Court brought lengthy judicial proceedings to an end concerning a claim for infringement of authors’ moral rights in relation to a streetlamp known as the Farola…
The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to shake up American copyright law by articulating a different—and likely a stricter—legal standard for what constitutes contributory copyright infringement in…
