Here we are at the end of July and the fourth heatwave of the year, as well as a drought warning for half of England, and wildfires raging in Europe and currently in Suffolk.

I have to admit, I do not have much to tell you in this blog post. I have had a recent bereavement and the world is on fire and we are still pretend it is not happening.

© Cristina Rusu, lake at Jubilee Campus, July 2026, University of Nottingham

As such, I will leave you with this month’s copyright reads:

Generative AI and liability for copyright infringement under EU law: State of play and emerging issues

AI opt-out registry for content creators backed in new study

Copyright Law: Cases and Materials [OA book]

From I do to IP

The Afterlife of Copyright

Open Research Europe

A wolf in sheep’s clothing: the hidden issues in Institutul G. Călinescu

Comment | How much can one artist take from another before it is copyright infringement?

Saudi Arabia: New Copyright Law Modernises KSA IP Framework

Influencer who ran ‘superfake’ fashion side-hustle ordered to pay out £213k to designer brands

New EU report: the multiple roles of public libraries should be recognised and reinforced

Romanian diaspora emerges as one of UK’s most valuable workforces in new report [As a Romanian, I had to highlight this]

One-Copyright-Size Does Not Fit All: In Search of Copyright’s Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

Italy Went First on AI — and Missed the Opportunity on Copyright

Ethical concerns of generative AI in academic libraries: A cross-regional quantitative study of librarians’ risk perceptions, trust, and governance practices

Enactment of the French Fast Fashion Law: Pending Implementing Decrees and European Uncertainties

Tetiana Podoliaka on Copyright Law in Ukraine: AI, Enforcement, and Legal Foundations

Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into academic library services: user opinions in Türkiye

It’s all about the money: financial aspects of transformative agreements and their impact on two university libraries in Sweden

Chat, are we cooked?

Copyright protection of prompted generative AI outputs in the United Kingdom: A preliminary taxonomy

The Open Book Collective: Now in German!

AI promised to democratise academic publishing – the evidence says otherwise

OER Policy update – Copyright, AI and open licensing

The end of physical games? Copyright, ownership, and Sony’s all-digital future

Protecting Copyright in Turkey: A Practical Guide

Current Challenges in the Relationship Between Slovenian Copyright Law and EU Law

The Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF) – Status Quo and Way Forward [Finland]

Regulating AI in Europe: The EU AI Act

UK AI copyright plans align – and diverge – with the EU position – Pinsent Masons

AI must be built with Indigenous Knowledges, not against them

Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching ebook published

Intelligence Piracy: Why Copyright’s Next Battle Is Not About Copying

Copyright Developments in New Zealand: Going in the Right Direction

Trademark vs copyright vs patent vs trade dress: What protects you when copycats hit? [YouTube video]

Project biography: an archival approach to large digital cultural resource management datasets

The Quiet Rise of Europe’s Copyright Office

Europe as science superpower: what it will take to rival the US and China

Europe must seize the moment to lead on free and open science

Cate Blanchett launches free tool to help people protect identity from AI

When AI Guidance is Hard to NavigateDiet changes can cut emissions at no extra food cost