Rate My Professor João Quintais

João Pedro Quintais is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) in the Amsterdam Law School, Faculty of Law, at the University of Amsterdam. His research centers on information law, beginning with a focus on copyright law and extending to the regulation of online platforms and artificial intelligence. Quintais examines the application of intellectual property law to technologies such as peer-to-peer networks, streaming, hyperlinking, blockchain, and AI, as well as the effects of algorithmic copyright enforcement on users' rights, creators' remuneration, and innovation. He holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and has made significant contributions through his scholarly work and leadership roles in the field.

Key publications include the monograph Copyright in the Age of Online Access: Alternative Compensation Systems in EU Law (Wolters Kluwer, 2017), On Peers and Copyright: Why the EU Should Consider Collective Management of P2P (Nomos, 2012), 'Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act' (Computer Law and Security Review, 2025), 'A New Liability Paradigm for Online Platforms in EU Copyright Law' (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025), and 'How Platforms Govern Users’ Copyright-Protected Content' (co-authored with De Gregorio and Magalhães, Computer Law & Security Review, 2023). Quintais has received the NWO VENI Grant for his project 'Responsible Algorithms: How to Safeguard Freedom of Expression Online' and the NWO Vidi Grant in 2025 for research on EU law and moderation of problematic generative AI content. He serves as Co-Managing Editor of the Kluwer Copyright Blog, Co-Director of the Glushko & Samuelson Information Law and Policy Lab, member of the European Copyright Society, member of the Digital Services Act Observatory management team, and other bodies advancing digital rights and platform governance.