Skip to content Skip to navigation

Open Research Blog

Other Blogs

June Copyright Reads

23 June 2025

3 mins

Grab your favourite iced latte and settle in, because it’s time for our “June Copyright Reads”! This month, we’re serving up a fresh batch of the most intriguing, mind-bending, and occasionally hilarious developments from the copyright universe.

If you thought intellectual property was just stuffy old textbooks, think again! With AI shaking up everything from how books get written to whether a President can boss around the Copyright Office (spoiler: it’s complicated!), this isn’t your grandma’s legal roundup. So, whether you’re a seasoned legal eagle, a budding creative, or just someone who enjoys a good head-scratcher with their summer reading, get ready to dive into the cases, controversies, and clever solutions shaping the future of creativity. Let’s dig in!

Secondary Publishing Rights Adopted in Slovenian Legislation

Perlmutter v. Trump: Does the President Control the Copyright Office?

Understanding CC Licenses and AI Training: A Legal Primer

How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Readers Annoyed When Fantasy Novel Accidentally Leaves AI Prompt in Published Version, Showing Request to Copy Another Writer’s Style

Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline

EUIPO releases study on generative artificial intelligence and copyright

Cross-Border Enforcement of Copyright: A Special Emphasis on Court Decisions and Arbitral Awards

Realising potential, supporting users: IFLA Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Midlands Innovation Open Research Week Recordings

New species of dinosaur discovered that ‘rewrites’ T.rex family tree

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

Is India’s Copyright Act Ready for AI-Related Challenges?

London AI firm says Getty copyright case poses ‘overt threat’ to industry

Copyright and Generative AI

Trump’s war on knowledge requires re-inventing academic publishing as diamond open access

Share your views about AI and digital cultural heritage

Google Wins Copyright Dismissal in Textbook Piracy Case

Taylor Swift buys back the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums

Ford Mustang ‘Eleanor’ from Gone in 60 Seconds Can’t Be Copyrighted

How much information do LLMs really memorize? Now we know, thanks to Meta, Google, Nvidia and Cornell

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

Future Knowledge – Podcasts

It’s too expensive to fight every AI copyright battle, Getty CEO says

AI’s Napster Moment May Be Next

Barbie-maker Mattel partners with OpenAI to make AI child’s play

As the days stretch longer and the sun shines brighter, we hope these reads spark some interesting conversations. Happy summer holidays, and may your break be filled with inspiring ideas and well-deserved relaxation!

Stay cool, Copycats!

Open Research

Copyright, Open Access and all things Open Research

Scroll to Top