The European Copyright Society (ECS) has published its Opinion on copyright and generative AI. The Executive Summary is reproduced below and the full Opinion is available here and here.…
As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2025 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Last year…
In a recent chapter, Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rothman present the utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works (hereafter AIGW). Aspects of their argument also find expression…
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Now that 2024 is behind us, it’s time to report on the fourth trimester. Here is our final roundup of that AI-rich year. This post marks the fourth year of…
Being an academic is a vocation. We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students’ and colleagues’ lives, as well as to…
A few weeks ago, the Spanish Ministry of Culture released a legislative proposal aimed at introducing extended collective licensing (ECL) for the development of general-purpose AI models. The first…
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The German Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg handed down its judgment in the LAION case on 27 September 2024 (file no. 310 O 227/23, published in German here).…
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Now that the summer is formally over it is time for the third trimester of the 2024 roundup of EU copyright law. In this edition, we update you on what has…
The effect of rapid development of generative AI on copyright law continues to challenge the lawmakers and courts. Whilst the UK High Court is yet to reach its decision on liability for…
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Although large, general purpose AI (GPAI)…
