June Copyright Reads (2026)
Well, here we are in June and it is hot. So hot that we ordered an AC. Not a wall mounted one but just a stand one, because our house is now as hot as a greenhouse.
In this iteration of the copyright reads I have shared some articles on how to keep your house cool, some of the research being done by one of our own, so have a look.
I have to say I miss Scotland! I was away last week for the Edinburgh Open Research Conference and it was nice and cool. The conference was great too. Keep an eye out for the proceedings.
Cristina Rusu presenting at Edinburgh Open Research Conference
This month’s copyright reads have a mix of everything. We look at copyright in the wild and in other territories, plastic pollution, how to keep cool and of course, we look at a hungry museum visitor.
Enjoy!
View over Lindisfarne. © Cristina Rusu, 2026
Wiley acquires Emerald Publishing in £337m deal
The AI vibe shift is real: Why the backlash is growing
Worried about the next heatwave? How southern Europeans keep their homes cool without air con
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A Note from Re:Create: Why the Pope Skipped Copyright (and Policymakers Should, Too)
Developments in the U.K. and Germany Target Google’s AI-Generated Summaries
Spain’s renewables revolution is paying off: Electricity bills are lower despite energy crisis
Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds
Europe’s bathing waters remain safe to swim
Bots are scraping open data — how should researchers respond?
Addressing the Impact of AI Bots on Repositories: OpenAIRE’s New Working Group
Europe’s heat pumps replace Middle East gas imports twice over. Which country is leading the way?
Sonnenfinsternis, Perseiden, Mondfinsternis: Was der Sommer 2026 am Himmel bereithält [German article on what to look forward to during starry nights: Sun and Moon eclipses, and Perseid meteor shower]
From yoghurt to luxury sails: how to shade your home from supercharged UK heatwaves
Threat of ‘flesh-eating bacteria’ spreads along Europe’s beaches with climate change
From misting fans to wearable air conditioners: Here’s the tech to keep you cool this summer
More than 150 shipwrecks discovered beneath Gibraltar waters
London climate week disrupted by … the climate [Oh, the irony]
The mistakes people make when trying to keep their home cool in a heatwave
Generative AI art and copyright governance: Rethinking the adaptation right and its limits
Overheated and underprepared — Europeans’ experience of living with climate change [Report]
Announcing: UKRN’s Open Research Programme considers the equality impact of open research work
Copyright protection of prompted generative AI outputs in the United Kingdom: A preliminary taxonomy
Reframing Repositories: Why Repositories Matter More Than Ever!
A for Effort: How AI Upends Copyright Law
Elsevier et al. sue Meta over AI training: what’s at stake for researchers?
Decolonization in action: Lessons from the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève
Can Software Copyright in the EU Survive the End of Programming?
Horizon Europe Research Manager Event 14 July 2026 09:00-16:30 University of Warwick [Event]
Who Owns What AI Creates? China’s Courts Have Started Answering — and the Answer Is Nuanced
Brad Pitt sued by intimate skincare brand over name dispute, company seeks damages
Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage Access, Use, Value and Sustainability [Book]
‘They picked the wrong artist’: how a Dallas mural cover-up led to a $25m lawsuit against Fifa
The state of AI and intellectual property – a thematic scientometric assessment
Copyright implications of super-intelligence
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search
Updates to the Copyright Act. The Government is preparing to update the Copyright Act 1994. [News from New Zealand]
The Case for Fonts: The Copyrightability of Font Software in the United States
A successful open access book mandate requires infrastructure not compliance
Workshop on Plastic Litter in Tórshavn: From Disappearing Waste to Visible Consequences
Navigating Activist Archiving: Saving Ephemeral Moments Ethically and Legally
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Chicken Soup for the Soul Sues the Entire AI Industry
How ‘learnrights’ would compensate creators for AI model training [US]
Cox and Effect: Why Volitional Conduct Is AI Copyright’s Next Battleground
Achieving Global Open Access The Need for Scientific, Epistemic and Participatory Openness [Book]
French museum reports theft of arty banana [Well, people do get hungry walking around a museum all day….]
I hope you enjoyed this month’s reads. As usual, stay cool and hydrated! Until next time!
View from Lindisfarne Castle. © Cristina Rusu, 2026
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