The 2024 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v European Commission fundamentally reshaped the legal status of harmonised technical standards (HTS) by confirming that standards referenced in EU legislation form part of EU law and must be publicly accessible. A new policy brief examines… Read more

This policy paper analyses the practical functioning of Article 3 of the CDSM Directive, which grants research organisations (ROs) and cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) a mandatory exception permitting text-and-data mining (TDM) for scientific research. Using doctrinal analysis and qualitative interviews with ROs, CHIs, publishers, and experts, the study evaluates how the exception operates in practice… Read more

Ransomware is a form of cybercrime in which data are encrypted or copied and a ransom is demanded in exchange for restoring access or preventing publication. In the Netherlands, Project Melissa brings together the Public Prosecution Service, the police cybercrime team, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cyberveilig Nederland and private cybersecurity firms. Within this… Read more

Group-based communication services such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Facebook groups increasingly sit between private messaging and public platforms. In a new study in response to a request of the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the ILP Lab examines under what conditions these hybrid, group-based hosting services qualify as “online platforms” under the Digital… Read more