Copyright and Authorship

Following the GEMA v. OpenAI case (previously discussed here), the Munich Regional Court I (Landgericht München I) has once again ruled on an issue that [...]

Can Birkenstock sandals be protected by copyright? In a judgment delivered on 23 September 2026, the District Court of Gelderland in the Netherlands recognised copyright [...]

Creative agencies, photographers, designers and other professionals are increasingly using artificial intelligence tools to create content for their clients. In contracts, however, the client may [...]

When the economic exploitation rights in a copyright-protected work belong to more than one person, must everyone agree before distribution rights can be granted to [...]

A work may be in the public domain in one country while still protected by copyright in another. Putting it online therefore does not necessarily [...]

News costs money to produce and has value for those who distribute it online. In the Meta–AGCOM judgment, the Court of Justice of the European [...]

Can the same copyright infringement be punished twice? A recent decision of the Italian Supreme Court, No. 15440/2026, provides an opportunity to revisit a particularly [...]

In cultural projects, discussions often focus on works and copyright. However, in events such as concerts, performances, and festivals, what is actually used is not [...]

The training of generative artificial intelligence systems is based on the use of enormous quantities of digital content, often protected by copyright. In Europe — [...]

A recent copyright judgment by the Bologna Court concerns an illustration depicting a tortellino, used without authorisation inside an IKEA store. The court held that [...]

Using music or video in a cultural event is never neutral: even a simple playback may require authorizations and generate costs, including in the absence [...]

When a work is classified as a cultural heritage asset, the issue is no longer simply who owns the rights, but what can actually be [...]

A sports photograph may seem like harmless content, but it can amount to unlawful conduct when it is used to generate an economic advantage. A [...]

An editorial format, understood as an organisational framework for content, does not satisfy the requirement of expressive form under Law No. 633/1941 and therefore falls [...]

In the academic world, it is common for a doctoral thesis to be revised and turned into a scientific publication. The transition is almost natural: [...]