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Copyright and AI in the UK: Opting-In or Opting-Out? Abstract. The interface between copyright law and artificial intelligence (AI) is currently the object of global attention. The UK government’s recent publ

3/3 Transparency requirements, opt-outs, the exception for text and data mining, and equitable remuneration for creatives are among the key issues we analysed in our response to the UK copyright & AI consultation, which has been published in GRUR International (academic.oup.com/grurint/adva...)

2/3 🧾 Last week, the EU also published the Template for the Public Summary of Training Content for general-purpose AI models, which includes a section on ‘Respect of reservation of rights from text and data mining exception or limitation’ (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/e...)

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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/...)

Reflections on CREATe Voices in the 20th ASCOLA Annual Conference – CREATe

📢 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

The Economics of Open: Can Open Licensing Be a Sustainable Strategy for Cultural Heritage Institutions? – CREATe

💡 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

Parity and Power: Steam’s Antitrust Reckoning in Wolfire v. Valve – CREATe

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 🤝

Race + IP Conference: speaker’s reflections – CREATe

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...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Open Culture Live: The Economics of Open. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. NOTE: This replaces the June 12, Creative Commons Open Culture Platform Meeting. The Economics of Open: A Conversation with the Authors of Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector Pane...

Then, on Tuesday, 24 June at 3pm UK time, Bart, Kristofer Erickson, Aline Iramina, and Victoria Stobo will launch the report "Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector." Register for this webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi....

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 🇪🇺

Upcoming Webinar: Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector – CREATe

Read more here 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

🚨 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...

@ethz.ch @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @drelenacooper.bsky.social

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!

A robot drawing a painting of itself with multiple paint cans and spots around.

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 💡

Panel 4: Innovation
“Lawful access”, AI and Open source (LAION case)

Chair: Prof. Thomas Margoni (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social)
Prof. Axel Metzger (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin)
Assoc. Prof. João Pedro Quintais (@ivir-uva.bsky.social)
Prof. Tatiana Eleni Synodinou (@ucy1.bsky.social)

Panel 3: Democracy
The relationship between public-sector information, freedom of information and copyright (Public.Resource.org case)

Prof. Mireille van Eechoud (@ivir-uva.bsky.social)
Assoc. Prof. Martin Husovec (LSE)
Prof. Caterina Sganga (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)

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

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