CALL FOR ABSTRACT | Symposium on the Book by Ryan Calo: Law & Technology. A Methodical Approach

MediaLaws is pleased to share the call for abstracts within the “Symposium on the Book by Ryan Calo: Law & Technology. A Methodical Approach”. The call is open to PhD candidates and early-career researchers (within three years of PhD completion) from any discipline engaged in interdisciplinary research on Artificial Intelligence.Applicants are invited to submit an…

Drawing the line: When child safety laws lose sight of real children

Child safety, more than any other policy issue, has come to define the outer limits of internet regulation. No other policy frame carries such moral weight or such potential for misuse. More often than not, it sets the stage for debates over surveillance, strong encryption, AI regulation, age verification, and censorship. In these debates, the…

CALL FOR PAPERS | 2025 4iP Council Research Award

MediaLaws is pleased to announce the call of the 4iP Council for European University students studying at Masters and PhD levels. Research topics should address areas such as patent and competition law, technology policy regulation, investment and funding. Papers should be original and evidence-based. Submission deadline is 31 December 2025. Winner and runner-up announcements will take…

Gema v. OpenAI – Decision of the Munich Regional Court

In recent years, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has accelerated due to increased data availability and the use of multilayer artificial neural networks. There is a tension with copyright law because large language models, such as GPT-4, are trained with copyrighted texts and can reproduce them.  On November 13, 2024, the German collecting society…