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Facebook post may be copyrighted but Romania’s rules overreach, EU court adviser says

By Inbar Preiss ( December 18, 2025, 14:40 GMT | Insight) -- Social media posts may qualify for copyright, an adviser to the EU's top court has said, and media can rely on the current-events exception when reporting news. But Romania’s additional restrictions are unlawfully narrowing the EU's provisions, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar said in his non-binding opinion.EU judges should clarify that media outlets may rely on copyright exceptions for reporting current events — even when reproducing short online texts — a legal adviser said in a non-binding opinion to the EU’s top court. But Romania cannot impose extra restrictions that undermine that exception, the opinion published on Thursday added....

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