Invest Cyprus Emerges as WAIPA Eastern Europe Director for 2025–2027

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

October 22, 2025

Election Highlights at Sharjah Investment Conference

At the 29th WAIPA World Investment Conference 2025 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, a decisive moment unfolded for Eastern Europe. Invest Cyprus was elected as Regional Director for the WAIPA Eastern Europe sector, underscoring the region’s enhanced strategic voice in global investment promotion. Distinguished representatives from over 140 countries converged to set the roadmap for sustaining and expanding international investment efforts in the coming years.

Elevating Global Investment Standards

Since its establishment in 2016 and headquartered in Cyprus, Invest Cyprus has steadfastly championed the island’s appeal as a premier destination for investors. Its election to the WAIPA leadership not only bolsters Eastern Europe’s presence on the global stage but also aligns with the organization’s broader mission to cultivate rigorous, impactful investment promotion strategies worldwide.

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Strategic Insights and Collaborative Vision

The pre-election WAIPA Steering Committee Meeting was a forum for reflective assessment and forward planning. Senior dignitaries, including the presidency and vice-presidencies, examined the achievements of 2025 and recalibrated strategic priorities for 2026. This session emphasized member value, advocacy, and financial resilience—a triad designed to fortify WAIPA’s role in attracting sustainable and transformative investment.

Leadership Commitment and Future Directions

Invest Cyprus CEO Marios Tannousis expressed his gratitude, underscoring the organization’s resolve to enhance regional cooperation and promote disciplined investment strategies. The newly elected WAIPA leadership, which also features key appointments across multiple regions such as KDIPA as president and ProDominicana alongside Invest KOREA as vice-presidents, is set to drive a renewed era of cross-border collaboration and market innovation.

Charting the Path Forward

WAIPA’s evolved leadership framework, now encompassing diverse entities from the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre to the National Investment Council of Honduras, is poised to amplify global cooperation and deliver sustainable economic growth. As the international community grapples with evolving investment dynamics, this recalibrated leadership is pivotal in fostering an environment that is both resilient and forward-thinking, ensuring that investment promotion agencies remain at the forefront of facilitating transformative partnerships.

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Copyright Law Struggles To Keep Up With AI Training

by News Editor

August 24, 2026

Courts Are Still Applying Old Copyright Rules To AI

AI companies train models on enormous amounts of published material, including books, articles and academic research. Whether using that content without authors’ permission violates copyright law remains unresolved.

Much of the debate centres on fair use, which allows copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Courts consider factors such as the purpose of the use, how much material was involved and its impact on the original market.

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Anthropic Case Sets An Important Precedent

A major case involving Anthropic and a group of authors provided one of the clearest rulings so far. Judge William Alsup found that using copyrighted books to train AI models was lawful, comparing the process to people reading and studying literature before creating something new.

Anthropic was nevertheless ordered to pay $1.5 billion in a settlement. The penalty concerned books the company had obtained from illegal online libraries rather than the AI training itself.

For AI companies, that distinction could prove significant because it separates studying copyrighted material from directly copying it.

Competition Could Be The Key Issue

A case involving Thomson Reuters and Ross Intelligence offers a different perspective. A court ruled that Ross could not claim fair use after using Reuters’ copyrighted material to develop a competing AI-powered legal research platform.

The decision suggests courts may be less willing to consider AI training fair use when copyrighted content is used to build a product that directly competes with the original.

For authors, an unresolved question is whether AI-generated content should be considered competition for the works used to train these models.

The Law Has Yet To Catch Up

US copyright law predates generative AI by decades, leaving courts to apply old principles to new technology. Questions also remain over copyright protection for AI-generated works. In Thaler v. Perlmutter, a court ruled that material created entirely by AI cannot receive copyright protection.

Major AI companies remain involved in copyright litigation, and different courts could reach different conclusions. For now, there is no universal rule: the legality of AI training will depend on the circumstances of each case and how courts ultimately interpret copyright and fair use.

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