The Antagonistic Unity of Copyright and Freedom of the Arts - Advocate General Emiliou’s Opinion in Pelham Lennartz, Jannis Author aut Kraetzig, Viktoria Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-03 eng
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 On 17 June 2025, Advocate General Emiliou delivered his opinion in the second referral of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) to the CJEU in the case “Pelham” – also known as “Metall auf Metall” (Case C-590/23). He defines “pastiche” – currently the most controversial concept of European copyright law – and makes a fundamental statement on EU copyright law and its relationship to freedom of the arts as guaranteed by Art. 13 CFR.The InfoSoc Directive, which is at the heart of EU copyright law, is too restrictive with regard to the artistic use of copyright-protected works and therefore not compatible with the Charter’s freedom of the arts. Emiliou’s opinion is a breakthrough. It grounds copyright in freedom of the arts and paves the way for a new perspective on the relationship between copyright and artistic freedom. CC BY-SA 4.0 Lennartz, Jannis CJEU Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Copyright Copyright EU Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Copyright EU Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/antagonistic-unity-of-copyright/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/190f5da5f8ad7148 250703 10.59704/190f5da5f8ad7148 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)