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ECS Comment on the request for preliminary ruling in Case C-250/25 (Like Company) Comment of the European Copyright Society on the request for preliminary ruling in Case C-250/25 (Like Company)

Read the full Opinion:
🔹 ECS website: europeancopyrightsociety.org/portfolio/co...
🔹 SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🔹 CREATe Blog: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03...
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The ECS advises caution. A poorly framed ruling could leave Europe with the worst of all worlds: a complex opt-out regime, private licensing as default, limited research space, and no meaningful improvement for authors or performers.
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🔶The reference is factually unclear, conflating chatbots, large language models and search engines.
🔶It does not consistently identify the relevant subject matter: the press publishers’ right under Art 15, CDSMD, rather than authorial works.
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Drafted by Peter Mezei, Martin Kretschmer, Thomas Margoni, Alexander Peukert and João Pedro Quintais, the Opinion identifies two key concerns:
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📢 Opinion out – The European Copyright Society has published its Comment on Case C-250/25 ( #LikeCompany).
This is the first opportunity for the Court of Justice of the EU to address a central question in global AI litigation:
Do #AI model training and outputs infringe #copyright?
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Our new guest blog by Dr Cody Rei-Anderson (Edinburgh Napier University) examines the UK government’s plan to close a loophole and bring AI chatbots clearly within the scope of the Online Safety Act, and questions whether the OSA can provide an effective framework for regulating chatbots.

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Grokking the Online Safety Act: The chatbot blind spot in UK online safety law - CREATe

📢𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 - 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄
Are AI chatbots really covered by the #OnlineSafetyAct?

#AIRegulation #OnlineSafetyAct #TechLaw #DigitalRegulation #LLMs #PlatformGovernance

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CREATe at European Public Domain Day 2026 - YouTube On 15 January 2026, a delegation from CREATe joined European Public Domain Day 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. The event began with a keyno...

📢 #CREATe at 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 – Recordings available

We’re pleased to share a dedicated playlist featuring the recordings of CREATe’s contributions to European Public Domain Day 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium.
#PublicDomain #Copyright #CreativeCommons #AccessToKnowledge #IPLaw

She asks how Competition authorities can counterbalance, constrain, and complement majoritarian decision-making in times of overlapping economic, geopolitical, and democratic crises, as they are increasingly expected to assume responsibilities beyond the narrow protection of competition.
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In this talk, Kati examines how Competition authorities, as independent decision-makers, can safeguard democratic institutions and the values of liberal democracy in a complex and contested economic and societal environment.
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Non-Majoritarian Regulators in Democratic Systems: The Case of Competition Authorities - Kati Cseres YouTube video by CREATe University of Glasgow

Missed our public lecture with Kati Cseres, or would you like a recap?📽️ The video is now available.
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📌 Open to PhD candidates, postdocs, assistant professors, and early career professionals (within 5 years of PhD completion).
📅 Abstract deadline: 12 April 2026
📄 500-word anonymised abstract + 1-page CV
Any questions, please contact: ECR-CLC-2026@glasgow.ac.uk

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The conference invites submissions engaging with one (or more) of the following:

🔹Competition law and public (non-competition) interests
🔹Competition law and digital/AI regulation
🔹Competition law and regulatory sandboxes
🔹Competition law and interdisciplinary toolbox

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4th Early Career Scholars Conference - “Competition Law as a Guiding Discipline for Digital Economy” - CREATe

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 - Early Career Scholars in Competition & Digital Regulation

The 4th Early Career Scholars Conference - ‘Competition Law as a Guiding Discipline for Digital Economy’ - will take place on 12 and 13 November 2026 at the Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow.
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🔹With models such as GPT-4 and o3 improving rapidly in standardised legal tasks, the discussion raised timely questions about professional deskilling and judicial accountability.
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🔹However, Shen also highlighted important risks, such as digital exclusion, strategic mass litigation, data quality issues and the possibility of judges over-relying on automated recommendations.
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🔹Shen discussed how China has effectively transformed its judiciary into a large-scale laboratory for AI. China's three specialised Internet Courts use algorithms to streamline procedures and assist in drafting decisions.
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Revisiting AI Justice in China: Rationale and Risks behind the Progressive Movement - CREATe

Workshop Recap - Revisiting #AI #Justice in #China⚖️🤖
On 28 January 2026, as part of CREATe's 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 theme, @zihaoli.bsky.social hosted a workshop with Weiwei Shen (China University of Political Science and Law) on the rapid rise of AI justice in China.
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Dr Stöhr will deliver a lecture regarding her recent research: “𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹: 𝗔 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.”

🗓 Thursday, 19 February
🕔 5:00-6:30 pm
📍10 Professors Square, Room 207

To follow #GCT events, please contact Liana.Japaridze@glasgow.ac.uk
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📢 Upcoming 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 (#GCT) event 📢
This Thursday (19 February, 5 pm), we are delighted to welcome Dr Annika Stöhr, visiting scholar at the University of Glasgow/CREATe from Ilmenau University of Technology (Germany).
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Proposals may take the form of written papers or creative works (e.g. visual, sonic, film, or performance) at any intersection of Law and the Humanities, including connections with history, philosophy, literature, art, media, linguistics, and related humanistic fields.
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The forthcoming workshops will also take place at:
🔸Queen’s University Belfast (25 Jun)
🔸Cardiff University (2 Jul)
🔸University of Warwick (17 Jul)
They are excellent opportunities for early-career scholars working across all aspects of Law and the Humanities to gain feedback and share ideas.
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🔹The University of Glasgow workshop will take place on 𝟮𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, convened by Prof. Marco Goldoni (School of Law) and Prof. Thomas Giddens (University of Dundee). (DDL 28 Feb 2026)
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Call for Papers – Forthcoming Early Career Workshops for Scholars of Law and the Humanities at University of Glasgow, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Warwick and Cardiff University - CREATe

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
We are delighted to share the below Call-for-Papers by Prof.Anat Rosenberg at #LHub at @ials.bsky.social

Please feel free to share with colleagues and doctoral researchers who may be interested.
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Given the fast-moving nature of the technology and relevant legal frameworks, Joshua encourages comments by email (Joshua.yuvaraj@auckland.ac.nz)

For more information from the blog: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...
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🔶The article concludes that AI is more than a tool, but not fully creative. It suggests that provisions governing computer-generated works may balance the need for some protection, without imposing excessive access costs on the public in respect of AI-generated works.
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🔶This article contends that determining whether copyright protection should apply to AI-generated works requires understanding whether artificial intelligence is “creative”.
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📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿📣 ‘𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹?’ 𝗔𝗜-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆
CREATe is happy to present the first working paper in 2026 by our fellow Joshua Yuvaraj (Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland)👏
Full paper➡️ zenodo.org/records/1839...
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Like this visit, the earlier visit highlighted her lasting contribution to European legal thought and her strong ties with the university. (Recording👉 youtu.be/pOFUANLKA2s?...)
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