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Europe is installing a state-mandated marriage counselor in the internet’s kitchen.
Nothing is broken — but disputes are now encouraged.The DNA’s “voluntary conciliation” is policy gaslighting.
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#netneutrality #openinternet #EUpolicy
The DNA’s “Voluntary” Counseling: How to Ruin a Happy Marriage…and the Internet
<p>Picture a happy marriage. It might not be flawless, but it is functional. You have found your rhythm where chores are divided, bills are paid,…</p>
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January 21, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🔥The #DigitalNetworksAct is here. Is #NetNeutrality safe, or is the "Fair Share" debate back?
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
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#FairShare #NetworkFees
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
How can Europe build ethical AI rooted in culture, not code?
In this Humans of AI episode, Harry Verwayen of @europeana.bsky.social calls for public AI infrastructure built on Europe’s cultural heritage.
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/e38a583f
📺 youtu.be/wHnuBH_2lek
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🔥 EC’s #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) leaked!
Despite ample evidence that interconnection works well, the Commission still seems to feel a need to facilitate “voluntary” conciliation within the internet ecosystem. A hook for more damaging proposals! Official text to land on 20 Jan.
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Public Domain Day — or Closing the Commons?
Works from 1954 join the commons, but the conversation is shifting from access to restriction. “Public” only means something if it applies to everyone.
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#publicdomainday #openaccess #digitalcommons #AI
Beyond the Ick: Public Domain Day 2026 and the Psychology of Closing the Commons
<p>Tomorrow, January 15th, the Royal Library of Belgium will host the annual European Public Domain Day celebrations. Archivists, librarians, legal scholars, and open culture advocates…</p>
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January 14, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Can AI show us how people really experience art?
@thebowesmuseum.bsky.social “goggles” project tracks visitors’ gaze with AI-powered glasses, revealing how paintings and labels shape engagement & enjoyment.
🎧 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/3e201a99
📺 Watch: youtu.be/wYIX3kq3zm8
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Dec 2025 information labs recap
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/decemb...
⇒ 15 Jan #AI book launch
#5thFreedom perspectives report
⇒ Australia's #SocialMediaBan: internet lab Hot Item with Amanda Third
⇒ Labelling: AI lab TL;DR with @joanbarata.bsky.social
⇒ 2 new #HumansofAI episodes
⇒ Reflections
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Regulating AI — or regulating learning?
A blanket licence for AI training sounds simple.
In practice, it taxes analysis, not expression.
The result?
More friction, fewer local AI builders.
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#AI #Copyright #TechPolicy #Innovation
India’s AI & Copyright Consultation: Why the Proposed Model Misses the Mark
<p>Technology policy often struggles because of how problems are framed. Small definitional choices—about what a technology does, what a legal right protects, or where harm…</p>
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December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Information Labs — 2025 Wrapped

What a year… Grateful for our guests, collaborators, and community — thank you for thinking, listening, and building with us.

On to more meaningful conversations and responsible innovation in 2026.

#wrapped2025
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Building AI — or Renting It?
This Is Industrial Policy, Not Copyright Hygiene
TDM opt-out is the floor for building AI in Europe.
Reverse it, and SMEs drown in compliance while Big Tech adapts. The outcome is predictable.
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#AI #copyright #TDM #EUpolicy
Building or Buying AI? What the TDM Debate Means for Europe
<p>As Europe approaches the 2026 review of the Copyright Directive, we are making a choice that goes far beyond copyright. We are deciding whether Europe…</p>
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December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🔥 Hot Item: Social Media Bans—Fix or False Promise? 🔥
Insights from Amanda Third on Australia’s under-16 social media ban, which is being watched worldwide—but is it the right model?
📺 youtu.be/zfC6ZcZRYWY
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/7a734e14
#socialmediaban #digitalpolicy #techpolicy #australia
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🔥 #NetworkFees redux
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Europe has mastered writing the rulebook. But who’s still building the game?
The Brussels Effect is being tested. Regulation still travels—but rules alone don’t build technologies or strategic autonomy.
Time for Europe to move from referee to player.
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Brussels Effect 2.0: From Whistle to Workshop
<p>For over a decade, the Brussels Effect has offered Europe a comforting narrative: that through the gravitational pull of its market, the EU shapes global…</p>
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December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
When copyright law goes dolphin-spotting in a data lake
2025 showed how courts can mistake vectors for violations — treating training as copying and generation as retrieval.
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Bonus: We even made an AI song to explain the confusion.
#copyright #EUpolicy
From Monkeys to Dolphins: 2025, The Year Courts Hallucinated Copyright Infringement
<p>As 2025 draws to a close, it is the perfect time to look back at the year’s defining legal copyright obsession: the struggle to define…</p>
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December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The case for a #5thFreedom is clear!
Treat knowledge as a strategic asset & make mobility frictionless across the EU. Key insights from experts on openness, researcher mobility & modernising Europe’s knowledge systems.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔥 IP Interconnection: Keine Wettbewerbsprobleme!
A timely message for the EC’s #DigitalNetworksAct: @tomasoduso.bsky.social, German Monopolies Commission Chairman, stresses that the Monopolkommission sees no need to intervene in the interconnection market.
🔗 www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What does real transparency under Article 50 of the EU AI Act look like?
In our latest TL;DR podcast, @joanbarata.bsky.social explains why labeling everything “AI-generated” can mislead users as much as it informs them.
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/13d2ab8d
📺 youtu.be/kJ30hMlLpDg
#AIPolicy #AIAct
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
How can AI bring classical theatre to life for new generations?
In our latest HoAI episode, Anna Pappa of Litte_bot shows how models let audiences talk with Molière — turning cultural memory into something alive & interactive.
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/8fcd9a0e
📺 youtu.be/CUIFP8afCgo
#culturalheritage
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🔥 Big telecom wines & dines telecom ministers!
Connect Europe met them ahead of the 5 Dec Telecommunications Council to call for an ‘ambitious’ #DigitalNetworksAct (#DNA)! Countries around the table included Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Slovenia & Sweden.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A Tale of Monkeys in EU Copyright Law
“Memorisation” in AI is an overfitting glitch — not copying.
Laws built on metaphors, not mechanisms, will stall Europe’s AI future.
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Bonus: we even used AI to generate a song that summarizes the whole article!
A Tale of Monkeys, Memorisation, and Misunderstandings
<p>There is a famous thought experiment known as the Infinite Monkey Theorem. It suggests that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite…</p>
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December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How can AI strengthen—not replace—cultural heritage work?
In our HoAI episode, dr. Ines Vodopivec (AI4LAM) explains how AI can boost access, support multilingualism, and help institutions better serve their communities.
#FF2025
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/216546f2
📺 youtu.be/cHxeSIArn-Q
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🔥 A Christmas wishlist for the EC’s #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA)!
Last week, Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia shared a joint paper with other Member States in the Council outlining their Christmas wishlist for the European Commission’s upcoming DNA proposal.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nov 2025 info labs recap
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#5thFreedom with Enrico Letta (@delorsinstitute.bsky.social) & Stephen Wyber (@knowledgerights21.org - @ifla.org)
⇒ AI lab TL;DR with Dr. Aline Larroyed
⇒ First 4 Humans of #AI episodes
⇒ Reflections on #WDPD2025, #EUIPO & “Munich Mirage”
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🔥 4 Dec (10h CET): How the Internet Actually Works & Policy Implications for the Future
Excellent & timely effort to help demystify internet’s workings hosted by @epstoa.bsky.social with @mozilla.org's Lars Eggert (ex @ietf.org Chair) & Peter Van Roste (#CENTR)
🔗 informationlabs.org/epstoa-4dec2...
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
1/2 Why is the “memorisation” metaphor steering EU AI policy in the wrong direction?
In our latest TL;DR podcast, Dr. Aline Larroyed explains why AI training = pattern learning, not storing copyrighted works.
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/cc80694e
📺 youtu.be/GsZ6oNCOdxo
#AI #EUpolicy
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM