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The Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO), in collaboration with the Creative Europe MEDIA Office, created a podcast titled “Copyright in the AI Era”. The Director of HCO, Ms. Maria Daphne Papadopoulou, and Ms. Poly Lykourgou discussed copyright, with particular emphasis on the audiovisual sector.

During the discussion, Ms. Papadopoulou referred to Law 2121/1993 and its application. The challenges posed by electronic piracy and its impact on creators and the industry, as well as the tools used to protect copyright, were examined.

The challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) in protecting creators were analyzed, as well as the opportunities it creates for new forms of creation. The legal challenges arising from the use of AI in the production of art, music, and literature were also discussed, along with its impact on the creative products market.

Closing, Ms. Papadopoulou presented the Hellenic Copyright Organization, its purposes, the actions it implements, and the initiatives it undertakes for the protection of copyright in Greece.

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In 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO AMC) was involved in the resolution of 858 intellectual property (IP) disputes, innovation and technology, an increase of 25% by 2023.

WIPO announces an open call for proposals/essays for a special issue of the WIPO Magazine. This issue will explore the diverse intellectual property (IP) issues affecting the vibrant global music industry and local scenes.

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In a recent decision, the Court of Milan has ordered Cloudflare to block pirated streaming services offering Serie A football matches. The Court found that the services offered by Cloudflare are instrumental in facilitating access to pirated content.

Youtube-dl is a software tool that allows the downloading of video and audio from YouTube. It enables video and audio to be uploaded from licensed platforms by circumventing technical protection measures. Due to the possible illegal use of youtube-dl, its creator has chosen to remain anonymous. Representatives of the BVMI (Bundesverband Musikindustrie) took the matter to the German courts, asking the hosting provider from which the youtube-dl could be downloaded to suspend the operation of its client’s server.

New study from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) concerning search engines entitled “Search Engines: challenges and good practices for limiting search traffic to content and services that infringe intellectual property”.

The Hellenic Copyright Organization expresses its deep sorrow for the loss of the music composer Mimis Plessas.

The Hamburg District Court has issued a judgment finding that the collection of photographs from the internet of photographer Robert Kneschke by the non-profit foundation Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network (LAION) for inclusion in the LAION dataset (used by others to train AI models), falls