Terms and conditions must be transparent. It does not matter whether your users are consumers or businesses, natural or legal persons. Terms and conditions must be transparent for everyone.
On 1 June 2025[1] an extensive amendment to the Labour Code takes effect, bringing a number of changes intended to make day-to-day HR administration easier for entrepreneurs - employers. This so-called "flexi amendment" reflects the need for greater flexibility in employment relationships and a more modern legal framework that corresponds to the current needs of the labour market.
Inspiration is an inseparable part of the creative process. Artists, designers and creators of all kinds have, since time immemorial, drawn inspiration from the work of their predecessors and contemporaries. This process is natural and often leads to innovation and new artistic movements. However, the line between inspiration and robbing someone else's work is very thin. If it is crossed, it can have serious legal consequences. In this article we look at where this line lies, and why robbing someone else's work simply does not pay off.
Type “Technoviking” into an internet search engine. The result? Even after more than 25 years, an endless stream of YouTube videos, a dedicated Wikipedia page, a wealth of themed digital art, and sales of printed T-shirts, mugs, underwear, collectible figurines, toys and gaming characters based on this internet phenomenon from the year 2000. A legend was born – one that will never be forgotten…
The European Union is adopting the world's first rules on artificial intelligence (the AI Act). The AI Act defines the framework that developers, providers, distributors, importers and even certain users (in particular you, entrepreneurs using an AI system in your business) must follow.
The AI Act clearly says "no, thank you" to systems that could place you on a socially undesirable list, manipulate you or monitor you without authorization. It lays down rules for high-risk systems, including transparency obligations.
It turns out that giving a prompt to an AI is more like handing a recipe to a chef – even if you provided the ingredients, the finished dish is not your work. The AI user is more of a kitchen assistant than the actual chef. In my view, what will matter greatly is what you do with the dish next and how you serve it…
Many ebooks and LinkedIn posts have already been written about how works created by AI are not copyrighted works. They are therefore not protected by copyright. Does that mean that everything not protected by copyright is freely available?
For example, an image generated by AI? An expert report? General terms and conditions?
On 18 August 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Copyright Office had not erred when it refused to register copyright protection for a work created by artificial intelligence.
