🚨 Big news in tech & competition policy: the U.S. court has ruled that Google unlawfully maintained its search monopoly In this short policy response, Konstantinos Stylianou, Magali Eben and Liana Japaridze unpack what the decision means 💡 Read more 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/09...

🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 The European Commission asked for public feedback on the Consumer Agenda 2025–2030 and its action plan for consumers in the Single Market 🇪🇺 CREATe joined the conversation by submitting a response 💡 Read here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1713...

The 20th annual European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) conference runs 10 to 12 Sept, hosted by University of Antwerp. CREATe is proud to be part of the programme. Look out for presentations from our members 🧵1/3

CREATe's brilliant minds are on the move! This week, our researchers, @ulafurgal.bsky.social and @zihaoli.bsky.social, took the stage at the #SLS annual conference 2026 by The Society of Legal Scholars in Leeds, showcasing their cutting-edge work.👏 We hope the audience enjoyed the show by CREATe!

#AIcompanions are no longer just chatbots. They’re friends, partners, and even lovers. But who protects users when love meets laws? Our new blog, written by @weiweiyi.bsky.social, discusses the legal uncertainty surrounding AI companions. Full blog ➡️: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/09... #Grok4 #GPT4o

✨ 𝗔 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿! ✨ CREATe is back for the new academic year 2025–2026. We’ll be sharing the latest updates on our projects, publications, events, and some behind-the-scenes stories along the way 📳 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱!📻

🧵 1/3 The EU’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice enters into application on 2 August, with dedicated chapters on Transparency and on Copyright (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...)

📢 New on the CREATe blog: Jessie Yingying Zhu Lecturer at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and former PhD Candidate at CREATe shares reflections from the 20th ASCOLA Annual Conference, held in Chicago from 26–28 June 2025 🇺🇸 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...

👩‍⚖️ 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬? When you create something original - a song, a photo, a film - you automatically hold a bundle of rights under EU copyright law. Want to understand what these rights mean in practice, and how to use them? CopyrightUser.EU breaks it all down clearly 👉 copyrightuser.eu

💡 Have you seen our latest report 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧? No worries if not - we’ve just published a blog post summarising the key insights. The project was conducted in collaboration with Centre for Archive Studies and funded by @creativecommons.bsky.social 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...

📚 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? Yes – in certain cases, EU copyright law allows it. Not sure when and how these exceptions apply? That’s exactly what 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫.𝐄𝐔 is here to help with 👉 copyrightuser.eu

Francesca Rotolo, postodc at Università Ca'​ Foscari Venezia, visited CREATe in May 2025 and took part in our Spring School 🎓 In this blog post, she reflects on the sessions she attended and shares her impressions of the experience ✍️ www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...

🤔 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤? 𝐎𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞’𝐬? Understanding how copyright works are exploited is essential for anyone creating, sharing, or reusing content. Explore your rights, and how to share or protect your work with confidence at copyrightuser.eu

20 years after revolutionising PC gaming with Steam, Valve is now under legal scrutiny 🎮 In this blog post, Joost van Dreunen dives into the Wolfire v. Valve case, which raises questions about platform power and digital market regulation 💡 Read here 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...

This week, we celebrated the graduation of our students, an important milestone for them and our academic community 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓 To all our graduates: thank you for your contributions to our classrooms and the wider university life. We wish you all the best as you move into the next stage of your careers 🤝

Our colleagues Bartolomeo Meletti, Kristofer Erickson, Aline Iramina with Victoria Stobo are currently presenting their latest research on the Economics of Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector 💡 Read full report: zenodo.org/records/1569... Funded by @creativecommons.bsky.social

🚨 New Report 🚨 How are cultural heritage institutions actually using open licensing in practice? Read 👉 zenodo.org/records/1569... Tomorrow (24 June) the authors will present the findings during a webinar: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Research funded by @creativecommons.bsky.social 🤝

Panagiotis Lampropoulos, former LLM student and current Research Assistant at CREATe, reflects on his experience attending the Race + IP Conference at the University of Pittsburgh 🇺🇸👇 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

Are you a cultural heritage practitioner interested in copyright law? Save the dates! On Tuesday, 17 June at 9am (UK), Bartolomeo Meletti will present the webinar "Understanding Copyright - Webinar for Museums," organized by the European Commission. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi....

🚨New Working Paper🚨 Virtual worlds aren't just the next market to regulate; they’re sociotechnical spaces already shaped by powerful incumbents. Regulators need to take part before it’s too late. Read what’s at stake zenodo.org/records/1552...

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure to hear from Artur Bogucki, currently associate researcher at the @ceps.eu and visiting fellow at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social 👌 Artur presented his research on The European approach to liability for the AI Age 🇪🇺

🚨 Report & Webinar 🚨 📅 24 June we'll publish the new report 'Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector', the result of a project funded by @creativecommons.bsky.social 🤝 🎙️ To mark the release, join us at 3pm UK time for a webinar with the authors 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In a blog post for the LSE, our colleague Luis Porangaba, with Luke McDonagh and Emma Perot ask whether it’s time for the UK to introduce a new right to protect against that AI’s ability to create digital replicas of people’s voices and image 🤔 Read here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Our Trade Mark Seminar Series is back this Summer! 🔹 SEMINAR 1: The Trade Mark Roots of Plant Variety Rights 📅 19 June 2025 🎙 Jocelyn Bosse 🔹 SEMINAR 2: Automating Abercrombie: Machine-learning Trademark Distinctiveness 📅 25 June 2025 🎙 Stefan Bechtold Free and held online. All welcome!

Bartolomeo Meletti introduces a series of activities of the Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy ( @create-glasgow.bsky.social‬) through one contentious lens: Copyright and AI. Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/2v2bthba

Spring School 2025, that’s a wrap! 🎬 Our final day: - M. Hviid: competition policy and the economics of creativity - J. Poort: how technology continues to disrupt competitive dynamics - K. Bania: how can creators leverage the law to tame big tech Thank you to all our participants and speakers

Day 3 of the CREATe Spring School ✅ 1. creators’ experiences of working with digital technologies 2. @sophiebishop.bsky.social on "influencer creep" 3. T. Bertaglia: What does generative AI really mean for creators and platforms? 🤖 4. K. Erickson: Experiments in Creativity

After a stimulating first two days of our Spring School, participants took a well-earned break last Saturday with a scenic (and sunny) Highlands excursion led by members of the CREATe team 🛳️ ☀️ We're now back for Day 3 to explore issues around Technology and Regulation 💡

The ECS Conference continues this afternoon with 3 sessions: Watch the live-stream 👉https://www.youtube.com/live/EdnHxx9aGtE?si=WO3ENskUiA_arIPY ⚖️ 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟑 - 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 💡 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟒 - 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🗣️ 𝐄𝐂𝐒 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Subscribe to our YT channel to check live-stream link updates 👉 lnkd.in/e-SEcPE5

The 9th Annual Conference of the European Copyright Society is on! “The ECS was founded in 2012, the same year as CREATe. This is not a coincidence” our director Martin Kretschmer explains. You can follow ECS on YouTube: lnkd.in/d6tVp_tt

Our spring school is still ongoing!📣We are currently hosting a panel discussion and the speakers will continue the conversation tomorrow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the ECS conference live 🔴https://youtube.com/@createuofg?si=PW_gOFGulUW2_1-G ▶️https://www.youtube.com/live/E0wh3hDJ4-U

First day of our Spring School, “(Re)Humanising Creativity”! 🌼 This year’s Spring School explores the link between human creativity and technology.🤝✨ Right now, @magalieben.bsky.social, and @ulafurgal.bsky.social are welcoming everyone and introducing the theme!

As we prepare for the ECS conference, it's worth checking out this engaging radio segment on the history of copyright by our ECS visitors!

🎉 It’s been one year since CREATe became the Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy 📝 Our latest blog post reflects on the past year’s highlights across our 7 research themes Read the year-in-review here 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

We are happy to announce that our datasets on creators’ earnings are now all openly accessible! 🎉 Whether you're into research, advocacy, or want to know what creators earn—this is for you. 🔗 zenodo.org/communities/... 🧮 www.copyrightevidence.org/creatorsearn... 📖 www.create.ac.uk/project/deal...

🧠👾 What happens when fan culture meets generative AI? Inspired by Stranger Things and Lamerichs’ prediction of AI’s role in participatory culture, Kristofer Erickson experimented with LLMs to bring characters from the show into interactive life More 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

On 13 May, Prof. @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) will deliver the Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture at LSE on software copyright since the 1980s. Prof. Martin Kretschmer (CREATe) will be a commentator. To Attend: lselaw.events/event/the-pr...

In a new blog post, Elena Cooper explores ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ – a new play by Joel Tan currently on at the @royalcourt.bsky.social – as a starting point for reflecting on the role of theatre and the arts in grappling with complex legal and ethical debates 👇 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

We’re thrilled to be bringing back our Spring School, a week-long programme dedicated to empowering the next generation of thinkers 💡 🗓️ 15–20 May 2025 📍 University of Glasgow In partnership with @ukri.org, ReCreating Europe, University of Szeged, and Sant'Anna www.create.ac.uk/study-with-u...

We’re thrilled to be bringing back our Spring School, a week-long programme dedicated to empowering the next generation of thinkers 💡 🗓️ 16–20 May 2025 📍 University of Glasgow In partnership with @ukri.org, ReCreating Europe, University of Szeged, and Sant'Anna www.create.ac.uk/study-with-u...

🎻 Step back in time with us as we explore the world of salon orchestras — the elegant, eclectic ensembles that brought 19th and early 20th century music to life. 🤔 What does a Viennese waltz have to do with modern copyright law? More than you might think 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

Today we’re looking forward to the ICN Annual Conference in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're proud to be involved on multiple fronts, including: 📢 Pre-ICN workshop 🤝 Co-organising the workshop with @uoelawschool.bsky.social and @ucl.ac.uk 🎙️ Speaking across key sessions More 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...

​​🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 How do UK regulators collaborate to tackle the fast-evolving challenges of the digital economy? The authors look into the DRCF, an initiative bringing together 4 UK regulators Based on interviews, roundtable with DRCF staff, DRCF outputs 👇

We’ve got an exciting few weeks ahead 👇 2 May: Working Paper 6 May: Pre-ICN Workshop 7-9 May: ICN Conference 7–13 May: series of blog releases 14 May: "Year in Review" 15–20 May: Spring School 16 May: ECS 22 May: killer acquisitions with David Bosco Stay tuned, we’ll share highlights throughout!

Are ‘killer acquisitions’ killing innovation? Join us in Glasgow for an in-person workshop with David Bosco (Aix Marseille Université), a leading voice in the debate around merger control and innovation policy. 🗓️ 22 May, 10:00–11:30am 📍 UofG, School of Law www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

Our PhD student Weiwei Yi shares her reflections on Prof Paul Heald’s Public Lecture we held in March 🎙️ From the “toaster study” to trademark disclaimers, she highlights key insights that stood out during the talk 💡 Read here 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...

We’re happy to share that next Thursday (1 May), Dr Elena Cooper @drelenacooper.bsky.social will be speaking at the Spring Event of the UK Registrars Group, hosted by The Hunterian @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social

📣New Blog📣 What do we really own when we buy a video game?🎮 Our latest blog by Dr Amy Thomas takes a deep dive into the strange legal afterlife of #TheCrew, tracing #Ubisoft’s shifting use of End User Licence Agreements (EULAs), and asking: when did we stop owning games, and why didn’t we notice?🧵

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Dr Marie Hadley from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for an engaging session with our early career researchers. Marie shared her experiences navigating artistic–academic collaborations 🎨 and offered valuable lessons from the field. Thank you, Marie! 👏

📢 This Saturday, one of our students, Panagiotis Lampropoulos, is going to present his paper “The Right to (Deface) the City: Copyright Law as an Obstacle to Cultural Protest” at the Race + IP conference 🎤(raceipconference.org/2025/schedule/) 👏 A shout-out to Panagiotis for his great work!