This blog offers a rich look at the demonstrations, discussions, and debates that unfolded at the workshop.

🔗 Read the full blog:
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...

👉 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Visit the Spring School page on the CREATe website to submit the online form, CV and motivation statement: www.create.ac.uk/study-with-u...

We look forward to welcoming the next cohort to CREATe - one of Europe’s most dynamic centres for research, culture, and creativity. 🌿🎨📚

📅 #Deadline to apply: 𝟰 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Applicants will be notified by 13 February.
Fee: £480, including tuition, lunches, coffee, and reception. Limited scholarships available.

This year’s theme, “𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆,” invites participants to explore how human creativity is shaped, challenged, and transformed by digital technologies. The School offers an interdisciplinary programme spanning #copyright, #competition, and #tech, each addressed through a thematic day.

We thank Tristan for his insightful talk 👏 , and also thank those who came to join us in person. Looking forward to seeing you (again) at our next public events! 📆

🔹 With AI and data scraping, legal frameworks often lag behind technical realities, leaving major questions about fairness and accountability unresolved.
🔹 True digital progress should go beyond simplification of regulation, and this means involving all stakeholders in shaping laws and systems;

🔹 Code and law shouldn't be treated as rivals; they must work together to shape technology&society.
🔹 Rights like data portability under GDPR offer powerful tools for transparency, but the reality is messy: many organisations don’t fully comply, highlighting the gap between regulation and practice.

Tristan is now introducing his team’s initiative of 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀 to increase the participation of stakeholders of GDPR enforcement🤝...and now the EU‘s #Omnibus Regulation proposal and its impact on GDPR is talked about!⚖️

Now we are talking about Story #3: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱! How do we audit Chat GPT, and the (training) data it’s eating?!

The book is available open access on Cambridge Core and SSRN 📖
Check our blog for more info: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...

Josh highlights how the book explores:
• why current statutory and contractual mechanisms often fall short,
• how creators could better benefit from reclaiming rights, and
• what principles might guide more effective reform, especially amid rapid technological and AI-driven change. 🤖

The book examines how reversion rights can help creators reclaim control over their works and increase public access to culture.

🗓️And more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

This study aims to characterise different approaches to open licensing of digital cultural heritage and assess the role that these approaches are playing for CHIs and their various funding models.🏛️

Check out the project page to know more about this project: www.create.ac.uk/project/acce...

Read the blog here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Download the full paper here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1764...

Originally published in 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙬 & 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, this paper bridges disciplines and sets the stage for future regulatory frameworks, including the proposed Digital Fairness Act.

🧠 A proposed shift toward a new regulatory paradigm that aims to support the legislation of the upcoming #DigitalFairnessAct - #DiligentDesign

Key insights include:
🔍 Fragmentation in how dark patterns are defined and regulated
📚 Legal scholars’ opinions from data, consumer & competition law perspective and more
🛠️ Obstacles in enforcement - and where design accountability fits in, with proposals of multiple solution tracks