Google Gemini's use of press publications may infringe copyright in certain circumstances, EU court adviser opines

Google's Gemini chatbot may infringe press publishers' rights in certain circumstances when it retrieves and reuses their publications in answers, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar said Nov. 3, 2026. Reuters reported that Szpunar was advising the EU's highest court in a case brought against Google by Hungarian website operator Like Company.

Szpunar said copyright protects a publication's “specific form of expression,” not its “mere facts,” Reuters reported. According to , Szpunar said chatbot answers can fall under publishers' reproduction right if the chatbot unlawfully circumvents a paywall or other technical barrier to access a publication, or reuses its form of expression “in a recognisable manner.”