The text explores the challenges that generative AI poses to EU copyright law, focusing on two main issues: the use of copyrighted materials in developing AI models and the publication of generated digital content. The inquiry assesses the applicability of existing copyright exceptions for tasks like data mining, temporary reproduction, and database rights during the development of AI models. For the publication of generated content, the focus is on determining conditions for legal recognition as a derivative work. The text argues that generative AI falls under the flexible concepts of Arts. 3 and 4 CDSMD, with potential support for AI models generating marketing or entertainment content. However, existing exceptions do not fully support the generative AI development process. Commercial deployment of generated output may not be covered by exceptions, and its classification as a lawful derivative work depends on further clarification from the EU legislator or CJEU. The text suggests that non-authorial output should be allowed as derivative works, considering the low threshold for originality and recognizability criteria. To be lawful, derivative AI works should incorporate original parts that fade into the background, with personal style not protected by copyright but considered in an adapted derivatives test. Fair remuneration is proposed for generative AI services to address economic impacts on creatives.

Title of the thesis: Current issues of the copyright of the EU: transformation of the copyright in the information society The aim of this master's thesis is to analyse the current issues of the copyright of the EU and identify possible future trends, which should find their way to the upcoming third wave of harmonisation by European Commission. Therefore the master's thesis is based on the analysis of the issues identified for the revision of European copyright by European Commission itself in the recent public consultation. The issues were analysed in three steps to attend the aim. Firstly, the scope of identified issues for revision of the law is analysed. It was assumed, that the issues presented by Commission are requesting legislative action because of the lack of applicable solutions or due to high rate of legal uncertainty. Secondly, the current state of European copyright in issues was tested for striking the fair balance of stakeholder in the light of the utilitarian theory of copyright. Based on the previous two steps, possible future trends recommendable for the revision of the European Copyright were identified. Therefore, the main aim of the master's thesis was achieved successfully. Mostly due to still existing juridical solutions, the original premise about the scope of issues being...

This master's thesis focuses on the argumentation of library organisations and European national libraries in their contributions to the European Commission's public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. This study aims to explain how the debate around copyright limitations and exceptions is constructed in library stakeholders' contributions. The construction is explained through argumentation analysis and a theoretical framework of the relations between structural, instrumental, and discursive power. The main findings are that library stakeholders in general are strongly supportive of a EU copyright reform, arguing that democratic values as well as the EU Single Market would benefit. There are also library stakeholders who argue against legislative change, either suggesting extended collective licences, or arguing that the Member States' sovereignity is more important than a pan-European copyright legislation. Furthermore, many library stakeholders propose either a general ”fair use” exception in EU copyright law, or adding several specific exceptions, e.g. for text and data mining, e-lending, publicly funded research openly available, and that contracts and technical protection measures cannot override limitations and exceptions. National libraries and library organisations from the Central and Eastern European Member States' are more supportive of a copyright reform than their Western European counterparts. They do not mention licences as a possible solution. In general, the library stakeholders agree that the interoperability, exchange and cooperation in activities and projects involving several EU Member States suffers from the current copyright legislation. / I den här masteruppsatsen utreds argumentationen som används av biblioteksorganisationer och europeiska nationalbibliotek i deras svar på Europeiska kommissionens samråd rörande en granskning av EU:s upphovsrätt. Studien ämnar besvara frågan om hur debatten kring inskränkningar och undantag i upphovsrätten konstrueras i biblioteksintressenternas samrådssvar. För att besvara denna fråga används argumentationsanalys, samt ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av relationerna mellan strukturell, instrumentell och diskursiv makt. Resultatet av analysen är att biblioteksintressenterna generellt sett stöttar en reform av EU:s upphovsrätt, med argumenten att både demokratiska värden och EU:s inre marknad gagnas av detta. Andra biblioteksintressenter argumenterar mot en upphovsrättsreform och föreslår i stället kollektiva avtalslicenslösningar, eller så argumenterar de att medlemsländernas suveränitet är viktigare än en sameuropeisk lagstiftning. Dessutom föreslår många biblioteksintressenter antingen ett allmänt ”fair use”-undantag i EU:s upphovsrätt, eller att flera specifika undantag ska läggas till, t.ex. för text- och data-mining, e-bokslån, offentligt finansierad forskning ska publiceras öppet, och att kontrakt och tekniska skyddsåtgärder inte kan upphäva inskränkningar och undantag. Nationalbibliotek och biblioteksorganisationer från central- och östeuropeiska medlemsländer stöttar en upphovsrättsreform i större utsträckning än sina västeuropeiska motsvarigheter. De nämner inte alls licenser som en möjlig lösning. Överlag instämmer biblioteksintressenterna i att interoperabilitet, utbyte och samarbete i aktiviteter och projekt som involverar flera medlemsländer lider av upphovsrättens nuvarande skick.

The issue is based on two main focuses. It records the conference reports from the “4th Liechtenstein Talks on Economic Criminal Law”, which deal in depth with various topics relating to business and compliance. This meeting was organized by the editor Konstantina Papathanasiou and can be seen as setting the pace for the current discourse on white-collar criminal law. But also other articles also found their way into the edition. An overarching focus is the discussion of artificial intelligence in whistleblowing and copyright law. This is how Markus Endres writes about whistleblowing tools such as AI-Supported Data Analysis. Clemens Danda delves deeper into AI and EU copyright law. Another article is dedicated to the topic of anti-money laundering compliance compliance in context with the trade of Art NFTs. This article complements the edition thematically with the area of criminal art law. To sum up, the issue contains a colorful bouquet of many current and future-oriented compliance aspects, takes a close look at them and provides solutions and answers