Tax Residency and Tax Liability on Foreign-Sourced Income

In an era of increasing labor mobility, a growing number of individuals earn income from employment, consulting services, professional fees, or other activities abroad. One of the most common issues is whether this income must be declared and taxed in the Republic of North Macedonia and the answer depends on...

“Rasputin”, “Daddy Cool”, “Mambo No. 5”, “Forever Young” and several other musical works subject to copyright and artificial intelligence litigation

On July 31, 2026, the Regional Court Munich I issued a landmark ruling in the first European copyright infringement case involving AI-based music generation tools. The case was brought following a lawsuit filed by GEMA (the German Association for the Collective Management of Copyright in Music) against SUNO AI (an...

A New Approach to Media Merger and Acquisition Control – the Example of Austria

In order to align with the European Media Freedom Act, Austria is taking concrete steps by adopting appropriate laws at the national level, in order to ensure greater control over mergers and acquisitions involving business entities in the media sector. The amendments to Austrian legislation are expected to achieve several...