The Joint Decision No. 404066 of the Ministers of National Economy and Finance and of Culture, pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 43 of Law 4481/2017, as replaced by Article 83 of Law 5179/2025 (A’ 26), was published on September 15, 2026 (Official Government Gazette, Issue B’ 5577/15.09.2026).
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On Friday, 11 September, an international conference entitled “Generative Traditions: Living Heritage and Artificial Intelligence. New Horizons – Exploring Cultural Possibilities” was held at the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Culture, through the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, with the support of the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO.
The Hellenic Copyright Organization is once again organizing an event as part of the European Heritage Days 2026. The event, entitled “Copyright and Cultural Heritage at Risk: Access, Protection and Revival in the Digital Age”, will take place on September 18, 2026, in Monemvasia.
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WIPO – Intellectual Property and Esports
The World Intellectual Property Organization has published the edition “Intellectual Property and Esports”, which examines the relationship between intellectual property and the rapidly growing esports ecosystem.
As part of its ongoing monitoring of international developments, the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO) highlights a landmark decision by the U.S. federal courts that sets an unprecedented precedent regarding the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and copyright. U.S.
Acting Director of the Hellenic Copyright Organization, Ms Maria-Dafne Papadopoulou, delivered a greeting at the event entitled “Protecting Creation”, organized by the Society for the Protection of Audiovisual Works (EPOE) on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, at the Anesis Summer Cinema, on the occasion of the special screening of the film Life in a Beat (Mikres Anases).
In its judgment of 9 July in Case C-788/24, Anne Frank Fonds, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified the limits of the territorial nature of copyright law within the European Union in relation to the online making available of works that are subject to different copyright regimes across Member States.
The Hellenic Copyright Organization informs creators and rights holders that the Copyright Knowledge Centre has updated its section on Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI), providing practical guidance on rights reservation for the purposes of Text and Data Mining (TDM).
The European Commission has launched a new public consultation for the preparation of the Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List 2027.