Eric Thill, Luxembourg’s Minister of Culture;
Credit: IPIL/E.Devillet
On Tuesday 21 April 2026, the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL) hosted the eighteenth Luxembourg Intellectual Property (IP) Day, which focused on the theme “Copyright, between art and economy” and brought together around 200 participants.
The event was organised by the Intellectual Property Office (OPI) of Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy and the Luxembourg Intellectual Property Institute (IPIL), in collaboration with the BnL.
According to the organisers, participants included members of the general public and numerous intellectual property stakeholders, who discussed the economic, cultural, legal and technological challenges linked to the protection of works in the context of digital transformation and artificial intelligence.
The programme opened with keynote speeches from Claude D Conter, Director of the BnL, followed by Tom Theves, First Government Adviser at Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy. The conference then included a series of presentations covering various topics, such as the online availability of out-of-commerce works under the licensing agreement concluded between Luxorr and the BnL, the challenges faced by collective management organisations in an increasingly digital environment, as well as the opportunities and challenges linked to artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright.
Speakers also highlighted the structuring role of copyright in the economy and the new questions raised by emerging technologies, particularly in sectors such as fashion. The conference concluded with an address by Luxembourg’s Minister of Culture, Eric Thill.
This edition also marked the launch of a national awareness campaign on respect for copyright, as well as the national portal MyAgorateka, which aims to improve the visibility of legal offers for music, films and series, as well as digital books available in Luxembourg.
In the context of technological developments, respect for copyright requires a better understanding of the issues and the impact of everyday practices when accessing online content. According to a European study, Luxembourg ranks third in terms of payment for access to legal online content, although 21% of respondents reported accessing illegal content.
The new national portal forms part of the European Agorateka project, developed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) via the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, explained the ministry, adding that its objective is to help citizens identify legal online content across the European Union (EU).
