Legislative process

With the launch of twin official consultations, we have entered into a new phase in the development of the EU’s future approach to copyright. Despite the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM)…

Earlier this month the European Commission published a call for evidence relating to the "Report on the review of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive" and a "Targeted initiative for…

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…

 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…

 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…

As the Commission moves towards deciding what will and will not be in the European Research Area (ERA) Act, one key question is whether it will include a Secondary Publication Right (SPR), or whether…

Now that 2026 year has started with full force, it makes sense to see where 2025 left us in terms of EU copyright law during its final months (October – December). During that period, we saw some…

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2026 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Last year…

The UK did not implement the CDSM Directive with its two text and data mining (TDM) exceptions (Articles 3 and 4). Neither does the UK have any horizontal AI regulation such as the AI Act…