Unfair Licensing Practices in the Library Sector
Teresa Nobre outlines a chilling range of practices by publishers to try to restrict the ability of researchers to conduct computational research. From ‘choice of law’ clauses which seek to […]
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The Great Flip: Can Opt-Outs be a Permitted Exception? Part II
By Lokesh Vyas and Yogesh Badwal. This post was originally published on Spicy IP. In the previous part, we examined whether the opt-out mechanism, as claimed in Gen-AI litigations, constitutes a prohibited formality
The Great Flip: Is Opt Out a Prohibited Formality under the Berne Convention? Part I
By Lokesh Vyas and Yogesh Badwal. This post was originally published on Spicy IP. Bonjour, Lately, we’ve been cogitating on this curious concept called the “opt-out”, which has been cropping
Fair Use and Generative AI: Reading Between the Lines of the USCO Report
At the beginning of May, the report “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. Part 3: Generative AI Training” was released, sparking a wide range of debates due to its content and the
Highlights from the USCO Report on the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy (Part 1: Output Phase)
About the Report In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy: Context and Direction for Economic Research”, edited
Legislative Initiatives on Copyright in Brazil in 2024
Allan Rocha de Souza; Luca Schirru; Leon Queiroz Ramos In Brazil, 2024 has been quite eventful regarding copyright, with the debate seemingly returning to center stage. The Senate’s approval of
Copyright, Cultural Rights and Research in the “Salvador da Bahia Declaration of the G20 Ministers of Culture”
Allan Rocha de Souza [1] and Luca Schirru [2] On November 18 and 19, the G20 highest representatives met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when they issued the 2024 conclusive
