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Law No. 5324/2026 has been published under the title: “Establishment of a private law legal entity under the name ‘Hellenic Heritage Organisation SA’, Reorganisation of the Cultural Resources Development and Management Organisation (O.D.A.P.) – Strategy for the protection and promotion of Greece’s underwater cultural heritage – Establishment of a Management Body for Accessible Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites – Implementation of the national action plan for the development of the Audiovisual Creative Sector (A.C.S.) – Provisions for the protection of antiquities and cultural heritage – Management and distribution of unallocated copyright royalties – Issues concerning the Hellenic Copyright Organisation and other supervised entities of the Ministry of Culture” (Official Government Gazette Issue A’ 121/30.07.2026).

This law introduces amendments and addendums to the Law 2121/1993 and to the Law 4481/2017 (PART E, CHAPTER D, Articles 115 – 118 and 130 para. 1). The provisions of Articles 119, 120, and 129 constitute standalone provisions of the new Law.

You can view the full text of the law here.

As of August 2, 2026, the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities are starting the enforcement of the AI Act, introducing strict transparency and oversight obligations.

Under the new rules, AI systems are now required to inform users whenever they are interacting with AI (e.g., chatbots). Deepfakes (images, video, audio) must be clearly labeled, while AI-generated content will carry special machine-readable marks for easier detection.

The Commission published a new study assessing the policy feasibility and technical feasibility of establishing an EU-level registry for the text and data mining exception.

The study falls within the framework of Article 4 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Directive 2019/790), which provides a relevant framework for the use of protected content in training AI models.

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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.

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.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently launched the new thematic section “Knowledge and Cultural Institutions Corner” as part of its Copyright Knowledge Centre.