📢 Come work with us! We have a postdoc and PhD position for the Artificial Secrecy project. Deadline: October 17th. More info: www.ivir.nl/projects/art... cc @uvalawschool.bsky.social

NEW: Preparations for the EU’s code of practice on labelling AI-generated content are moving forward. While no launch date has been set, the preliminary results of technical studies meant to inform the code will be discussed at a workshop next week. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Why the (c) Statute Is Not Enough: How the Restatement Relies on Both Statute & Caselaw to Clarify U.S. Copyright Law, by @danielgervais.bsky.social, L. Loren, R. A. Reese, @cjsprigman.bsky.social & @mollysvh.bsky.social on the Kluwer Copyright Blog legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Deepfake Bills in Denmark and the Netherlands: Right idea, wrong legal framework, by Bernt Hugenholtz on the Kluwer Copyright Blog cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

An EU Copyright Framework for Research: Opinion of the European Copyright Society, by Caterina Sganga, Christophe Geiger, Thomas Margoni, Martin Senftleben & Mireille van Eechoud on the Kluwer Copyright Blog legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Restating Copyright: The ALI’s Landmark Project and What It Means for the Law, by @danielgervais.bsky.social, Lydia Loren, R. Anthony Reese, @cjsprigman.bsky.social & @mollysvh.bsky.social on the Kluwer Copyright Blog legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Copyright as a Freedom of (Artistic) Expression Right? The Dangers and Human Rights Law Misconceptions in the AG’s Opinion in Pelham II, by Elena Izyumenko (@ivir-uva.bsky.social) on the Kluwer Copyright Blog legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Does Using In-Copyright Works as Training Data Infringe? by @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social on the Kluwer Copyright Blog legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Our summer courses have kicked off today and indeed, summer it is in Amsterdam!🌞We hope everyone will enjoy the sessions in the different courses on Copyright, Privacy and Platform Regulation. Stay cool! @elsdebusser.bsky.social, @jpquintais.bsky.social, @jvh.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social

The first part of CommonsDB Feasibility Study—by @paulk.bsky.social, @culturedoug.bsky.social, @posth.me, @jpquintais.bsky.social, @theflyinglawyer.bsky.social, and Thomas Margon—anticipates launching the first public version of the registry after summer. Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...

📝"A mid-year review of AI and copyright posts", a short roundup of some great contributions we have had on this topic in 2025 copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/24/a... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social

📢 "Copyright, the AI Act and Extraterritoriality", check out the policy brief I wrote for The Lisbon Council ➡️ lisboncouncil.net/publications... @ivir-uva.bsky.social

new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New blog post: The recent #CJEU referral is a poor test case for clarifying how the EU #copyright framework applies to AI training. The underlying dispute concerns the use of content with a trained model (RAG), not the training process itself. copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...

Gikii 2025 in lovely Amsterdam has extended its CfP till May 31. Sept 11-12 th at IViR. Get your geek on and set your geek clogs tapping! No i don’t know what i mean either 😂 www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...

📢 New publication: "A new liability paradigm for online platforms in EU copyright law" 📝 Open access here: doi.org/10.4337/9781... 📄 Also on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social

Slightly overdue, but here comes the first #roundup of 2025 which we post regularly with @jpquintais.bsky.social at the #KluwerCopyrightBlog. The EU courts have issued just one judgment in this trimester, but to make up for it, there have been several interesting policy initiatives.

Get ready and get creative for the upcoming edition of GiKii "Technology in its villain era?" bringing together law, technology and popular culture from angles you never thought of before. Happening in Amsterdam (hybrid also possible) on 11-12/09/25! www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...

German Federal Supreme Court reject copyright protection for Birkenstock sandals, by @bjjuette.bsky.social on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/03/31/g...

📘 New Book! The 4th Edition of Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights is now out! Co-edited by @danielgervais.bsky.social Gervais and myself, and w/ 18 chapters by leading experts on the topic law-store.wolterskluwer.com/s/product/co... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social

📢 What Is a ‘Research Organisation’ and Why It Matters: From Text and Data Mining to AI Research, my editorial is now available at GRUR International academic.oup.com/grurint/adva...

Check out below my interview with @foliacivitatis.bsky.social on AI, copyright and music Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social @algosoc.org

🚀 Registrations are now open for the 2025 @ivir-uva.bsky.social Summer Course on International Copyright Law & Policy! www.ivir.nl/courses/icl/ Join us from June 30–July 4, 2025, for an intensive 5-day program on international (c) law, featuring an incredible lineup of experts

1/ 🌍 Can the AI Act & EU copyright law truly work together? Or are we creating more challenges than solutions? 🤖📝 🔍 In our latest TL;DR podcast, @jpquintais.bsky.social explains the delicate balance between #AI & #TDM. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/ff471e14 📺 youtu.be/RxLu-OPShGA #GenerativeAI #Copyright

📚New Publication: The Concept of "Research Organisation" & Its Impact on AI & TDM papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social @algosoc.org

🆕 Check out CommonsDB, an @ec.europa.eu-funded project creating a prototype registry for public domain and open-licensed works. We are working with @liccium.com, @europeana.bsky.social, @wikimediase.bsky.social and @ivir-uva.bsky.social to strengthen #DigitalCommons. openfuture.eu/blog/open-fu...

🚨 New Opinion from the European Copyright Society (ECS) 🚨 With AI reshaping creativity, authors argue that a balanced approach is needed to protect: 📌 Human authors & performers 📌 Users & public interest 📌 Research & innovation Read more here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

📚 More Great Copyright Books Freely Available on Information Law Series Archive, by Bernt Hugenholtz on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/02/06/m... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social

AG Szpunar issues opinion on interplay of data protection and intermediary liability in the content of adverts today: press release (pending full text) indicates he aligns technical/neutral shielded intermediary w/ GDPR processor — keen to see if he details boundaries curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...

📢 "Generative AI, copyright and the AI Act", the final version of my paper has just been published open access in Computer Law & Security Review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social @algosoc.org

The US Copyright Office has released Part 2 (of 3) of its study on Copyright and Generative AI. Part 2 is on the copyrightability of works created with AI tools. www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...

Under the DSA, EU users have new legally enshrined pathways to contest platforms' moderation decisions. But how should new out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) bodies apply fundamental rights in their decision-making? Insights from our expert workshop 👇 dsa-observatory.eu/2025/01/20/e...

EU AI Office presents proposal for general purpose model training data summary template. For scraped data, nothing more detailed than top 5-10% of domain names (not URLs). Given platforms (same domain) & tiny rights holders, not sure this helps. Slides via Contexte www.contexte.com/actualite/me...

DPG Media et al vs. HowardsHome – A national ruling on DSM’s press publishers’ rights and TDM exceptions, by Etienne Valk & Iris Toepoel on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/16/d... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social

📢 Vacancy: PhD Candidate Law - Generative AI in the Media werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... This position is part of the @algosoc.org project. It will be hosted at IViR, w/ the collaboration with the Uni Utrecht & TILT Deadline: 17-2-2025 Please share widely!

The dubious utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works, by Patrick Goold on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/09/t...

EU copyright law roundup – fourth trimester of 2024, by @alinatrapova.bsky.social and me on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/06/e...

Second Draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice published digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/s...

First draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been released, by Marianna Foerg on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/16/f...

A first look at the Spanish proposal to introduce ECL for AI training, by Teresa Nobre on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/11/a...

🎙️ testing..one, two... Our first Bluesky post is a new article by DSAO's @jaalbrt.bsky.social that shares what we've learned so far about the first published DSA risk assessment reports—and what's still tbc. dsa-observatory.eu/2024/12/09/d...

📢 Our latest blog, New ECS Opinion on EU Copyright for Works of Applied Art, is out. The opinion addresses tensions in applying the standard test of originality under EU copyright law to applied art regarding CJEU pending cases C-580/23 (Mio) & C-795/23 (konektra).

European Copyright Society Opinion on CJEU MIO/konektra cases, available now on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/04/e...

I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation Link here: science.org/doi/10.1126/... Summary in🧵🔽 1/

Reminder: we want YOU 🫵 to submit your analysis of the VLOP audit + risk reports to the DSA Observatory. dsa-observatory.eu/blogposts-su...

Copyright, the AI Act and extraterritoriality, my latest on the Kluwer Copyright Blog. Many thanks to M. Kretschmer, T. Margoni, S. Dusollier & A. Trapova for comments on earlier drafts & discussions on the topic. copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/11/28/c...

Very happy to see this out. It was a pleasure to work with the students at the ILP Lab under the supervision of @jpquintais.bsky.social. This is a much understudied aspect of mass digitization of public domain works in the age of AI, and I look forward to follow-up conversations based on this.

On Dutch higher education cuts @alexandreafonso.bsky.social It “suggests a substantial downsizing of the university sector, which aligns with the ambitions of Wilder’s PVV […] The justifications are economic, but the goals are clearly political” alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/the-state-...

Kneschke vs. LAION – Landmark Ruling on TDM exceptions for AI training data – *Part 2* by Paul Goldstein, Christiane Stuetzle & Susan Bischoff on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/11/14/k...

Kneschke vs. LAION – Landmark Ruling on TDM exceptions for AI training data – Part 1, by Paul Goldstein, Christiane Stuetzle & Susan Bischoff on the Kluwer Copyright Blog copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/11/13/k...