Speaking at the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights Symposium on 16 June 2025, Professor Christophe Geiger argues for a simple solution to the AI training debate. Instead of the EU’s current opt-out system, which he says often fails…
On September 18, 2025, the Italian Senate definitively approved the country’s first comprehensive framework law on artificial intelligence (AI). The new law also reflects Italy’s commitment to aligning its domestic legal system with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU)…
by Dr. Mugwena Maluleke, President of Education International (EI) and General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) On 21 May 2025, the Constitutional Court in South Africa will consider the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill passed…
QUT News, 22 February 2024 22nd February 2024 The role of intellectual property rights in technology transfer to developing countries and least developed countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a major theme of a new international…
By Andres Izquierdo On September 20 and 21, 2023, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted its Eighth Session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies. Central to the discourse was the pivotal role of training…
Creative Commons (CC) has engaged with a wide variety of stakeholders such as artists and content creators, as part of its ongoing community consultation on generative AI, to explore ways of addressing the artists’ concerns. CC has published an open…
PIJIP Director Sean Fiil-Flynn and North-West University Professor Klaus Beiter submitted comments to the U.S. Treade Representative related to the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Their submission counters claims made by the International Intellectual Property Alliance regarding South Africa’s compliance with international copyright treaties.
[Matthew Sag] ... Although we are still a long way from the science fiction version of artificial general intelligence that thinks, feels, and refuses to “open the pod bay doors”, recent advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence (“AI”) have captured the public’s imagination and lawmakers’ interest. We now have large language models (“LLMs”) that can pass the bar exam, carry on a conversation on almost any topic, create new music, and new visual art. The principal copyright questions that you as law makers must consider relate to (1) the copyrightability of artifacts made with generative AI; and (2) the legality of using copyrighted works to train machine learning models, without express consent.
[Faith O. Majekolagbe and Giulia Priora] Abstract: There has been a renewed interest in the adoption of an international instrument on copyright and educational uses at the World Intellectual Property Organization since the COVID-19 pandemic which necessitated an unprecedented large-scale switch to digital education in many countries and brought to the fore the need to address copyright barriers to educational activities in physical and digital settings at the international level. This chapter primarily considers various legal models for copyright limitations and exceptions, specifically the fair use, fair dealing, and exhaustive list models, that could be explored and/or adopted in developing an appropriate international instrument on copyright limitations and exceptions for educational uses. It then draws lessons from the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled to buttress the need for an international instrument on educational uses of copyrighted works.
[Katherine Klosek] This month, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) issued principles to guide policymakers in their conversations around copyright law and AI. LCA is the voice of the library community on copyright policy; its members—the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)—represent over 300,000 information professionals and thousands of libraries. The LCA principles hold that US copyright law is fully capable of addressing questions about AI-generated outputs.
[Andrés Izquierdo] On behalf of WCL PIJIP and the Global Network on Copyright User Rights, Andrés Izquierdo attended a meeting organized by Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO. The meeting had the participation of more than 40 accredited NGOs and industry stakeholder groups. This meeting served to highlight the pivotal role played by NGOs in the Organization’s work. To the meeting also attended KEI, IFLA, and Innovarte.
[Andrés Izquierdo] The Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC), delivered a statement supporting initiatives and proposals aimed at expanding and facilitating education, research, and the preservation of cultural heritage in developing countries. GRULAC also advocated for the implementation of WIPO’s Development Agenda (DA) recommendations and the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations. The statement was delivered by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela delegation speaking on behalf of GRULAC during the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) General Assembly 2023.