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, and their production company Pelham GmbH, has now been published. For those who had not been following the developments, the case has once again reached the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), Germany’s Federal Court of Justice,…
The role of copyright rules in the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to dominate legal discussions in 2025. With new case law, legislative initiatives, and regulatory developments unfolding across jurisdictions, the dialogue on how copyright interacts with AI models and systems – particularly around training data, authorship, and lawful use – has only grown…
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 Despite the digital shift, outdated or restrictive interpretations of copyright law often prevent libraries from fulfilling their public mission online. A new report led by the Future Law Lab at Jagiellonian University…
In an era where digital access to knowledge shapes the frontiers of education, research, and participation, European libraries face significant legal and technical obstacles in lending electronic books. While the shift from paper to digital is well underway in many sectors, libraries — long seen as guardians of knowledge and enablers of equal access —…
The rise of generative AI and automated content generation has raised legal and ethical issues, making them a focal point in creative and technological sectors. As stakeholders navigate this new terrain, the EU AI Act appears as a benchmark regulatory framework. This blog briefly examines the transparency provisions and trade secret protection under the Act,…
On 4 March 2025, the London School of Economics (LSE) hosted an event dedicated to exploring the intersection of AI and IP within the creative industries. The discussion has been prompted by the recent developments in this area in the EU, the UK and the US. Four distinguished academics shared their insights on this complex…
On 9 April 2025, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus handed down an Opinion concerning the constitutionality of two amendments to Section 26 of Law 65(I)/2017 on collective rights management and the granting of multi-territorial licenses for online use of musical works (Reference No. 5/2024). The amendments had been enacted by the House of Representatives…
On 8 May, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his long-awaited opinion in joined cases Mio/konektra (C-580/23 and C-795/23). The two cases were referred by the Svea Court of Appeal, Patent and Commercial Court of Appeal in Stockholm and the German Federal Court of Justice in cases…
In October 2023, several music companies (Concord, ABKCO Music & Records, Universal Music) sued Anthropic AI in the US for alleged harm to their business interests because (a) its AI chatbot, Claude, was trained with unauthorized music lyrics data and (b) Claude’s outputs in response to user queries contained copies of (parts of) these lyrics…
There is a bit of excitement in copyright circles about the first case referred to the CJEU that directly addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the EU copyright framework. The request for a preliminary ruling — Like Company v Google (C-250/25) — originates from the Budapest Capital Regional Court (Budapest Környéki Törvényszék) and…
