I am sure you all will be a bit confused why the February Copyright Reads are coming out now (2 weeks into March) rather than in February, well, unfortunately for me I caught a very bad viral infection which sent me to bed for 3 weeks. I can tell you that was not fun. I mean I watched a huge amount of shows. Sanditon was not as bad as I thought, and Red Eye Season 1 was better than Season 2, but still entertaining enough for someone trapped in bed by a viral infection.

Be careful out there, as I have been hearing reports of people being off ill for 4 weeks with whatever this evil virus is.

And without further ado, here are February’s copyright selections:

WIPO Toolkit on Access to Copyrighted Works in the Collections of Cultural Heritage Institutions: Libraries, Archives and Museums

IP Meets AI: Disney’s Deal with OpenAI

The Warner Bros. Bidding War Is Over

Meet Seedance 2.0, Hollywood’s Newest AI Copyright Headache

German court denies copyright protection for AI-generated logos

Deploying Visual AI is a legal minefield…how to avoid getting hit

common European data space for cultural heritage

Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920

European Public Domain Day 2026

‘Does this unit have a soul?’ AI-generated works, creativity research, and copyright policy

Semana de la Cultura Libre with CC Uruguay

Coloniality, Collections and the Responsible Use of AI in Museums and Heritage

Radiohead’s Biggest Song of All-Time Got Them Sued for Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement in Form of a Reproduction of Preexisting Works in a Large Language Model

Looking back at the European Public Domain Day 2026

Music Publishers File New Piracy Suit Against Anthropic Alleging Mass Torrenting of Copyrighted Works

AI Training & Copyright Part 1: Text-and-data mining under court scrutiny

Crafting identity: lessons for Australia from the European Union’s geographical indications framework—crafting culture, anchored in place

Die bedenkliche Prämisse der Memorisierung von Werken in KI-Modellen als urheberrechtliche Vervielfältigungshandlung und ihre Folgen : Zugleich Besprechung von LG München I, 11.11.2025 – 42 O 14139/24 [Article in German regarding the GEMA case]

Digitising Tribal Art Archives in India: Consent, Ownership, and the Problem of Data Colonialism

AI, explained simply. No hype, just clarity.

ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat

New AI video tool in “massive scale” copyright infringement, charges MPA

‘Workable’ AI copyright solutions lacking amidst UK policy ‘reset’

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