The position of copyright guidelines within the regulation of synthetic intelligence (AI) continues to dominate authorized discussions in 2025. With new case regulation, legislative initiatives, and regulatory developments unfolding throughout jurisdictions, the dialogue on how copyright interacts with AI fashions and programs – notably round coaching knowledge, authorship, and lawful use – has solely grown extra complicated.
The latest preliminary reference to the Courtroom of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Case C-250/25, Like Firm v Google Eire Restricted from the Budapest Környéki Törvényszék (Hungary) illustrates this rising momentum (see early commentary by Keller, Guadamuz and Rosati). This reference comes on the heels of nationwide first occasion judgments on completely different elements of textual content and knowledge mining (TDM) and/or AI coaching within the Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, in addition to pending litigation in in France – by authors and publishers towards Meta – and in Germany by amassing society GEMA towards Suno AI and Open AI. Outdoors the EU, we will additionally point out the Getty Photographs v Stability AI case within the UK, a veritable tsunami of litigation within the US, as effectively a notable case towards OpenAI in India.
As we await steerage from the CJEU in C-250/25, it’s price reflecting on the wealthy and numerous commentary revealed on the Kluwer Copyright Weblog to this point this yr.
Under is a chronological round-up (in reverse order) of our posts from 2025 referring to AI, TDM, and associated copyright points:
June
Copyright, Compliance, and Confidentiality: Discovering Widespread Floor in Generative AI —Enrico Bonadio, Eduardo Alonso and Vansh Tayal (Symbiosis Legislation Faculty, Pune, India)
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Report on LSE occasion – Synthetic Intelligence, Mental Property, and the Artistic Industries — Marianna Foerg
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Could
The EU’s false sense of isolationism in AI and copyright — Bertin Martens (Bruegel)
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Do AI fashions dream of dolphins in lake Balaton? — Paul Keller
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From Hollywood to Germany: A Transatlantic Comparability of Collective Agreements on AI in Movie and TV Manufacturing — Christiane Stuetzle & Susan Bischoff
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Does Human Studying Equal Machine Studying? Excessive Courtroom of Delhi to Rule on Lawfulness of TDM for Machine Studying— Pragya Jha & Bernd Justin Jütte
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Third European Courtroom Determination on the Normal Goal TDM Exception Is Out — Peter Mezei
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April
Originality within the Age of AI: How one can Get Copyright Safety Now? — Jakub Wyczik
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The TDM Choose-Out within the EU – 5 Issues, One Resolution — Martin Senftleben
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March
Thaler v. Perlmutter: Human Authors on the Middle of Copyright? — Matt Blaszczyk
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Second and Third Drafts of the Normal-Goal AI Code of Observe Launched — Marianna Foerg
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Remuneration for Use of Works in Textual content and Information Mining — Damian Flisak
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Navigating Person Lawfulness in European Copyright Legislation: From Lawful Use to Lawful Entry — Tatiana Synodinou
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Reconceptualizing the Copy Proper within the Age of AI — Rita Matulionyte
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Open Supply Synthetic Intelligence Definition 1.0 – A ‘Take It or Depart It’ Method for Open Supply AI Methods — Yaniv Benhamou & Michel Reymond
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February
European Copyright Society Opinion on Copyright and Generative AI — Dusollier, Kretschmer, Margoni, Mezei, Quintais, Rognstad
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The AI Act Provisions Referring to Copyright – Chance of Non-public Enforcement? Germany as an Instance— Jan Bernd Nordemann & Arman Rasouli
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January
DPG Media et al. vs. HowardsHome – A Nationwide Ruling on DSM’s Press Publishers’ Rights and TDM Exceptions — Etienne Valk & Iris Toepoel
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The Doubtful Utilitarian Argument for Granting Copyright in AI-Generated Works — Patrick Goold
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Because the yr progresses, we anticipate extra key developments on this house, together with judicial clarification, legislative motion, and coverage initiatives from international establishments. The Kluwer Copyright Weblog will proceed to observe and contribute to the dialog.
Keep tuned for additional updates!
