Uncovering the AI-Copyright Trap

About this event - Uncovering the AI-Copyright Trap

As AI tools proliferate, policymakers are being called upon to protect creators and the cultural industries from the extractive, exploitative, and even existential threats posed by generative AI. Dr. Carys Craig warns that, in their haste to act, they risk running headlong into a copyright trap. In this presentation, Dr. Craig will explain what she means by the “copyright trap”, the routes by which it draws people in, and why it threatens to obstruct the path towards responsible and ethical AI.

About our speaker

Dr. Carys Craig is a law professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada. She currently serves as Osgoode’s Associate Dean (Research & Institutional Relations) and Editor-in-Chief of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. She is also the Director of IP Osgoode (Osgoode’s IP & Technology Law program) and Academic Director of Osgoode’s Professional LLM Program in IP Law. Dr. Craig holds a First-Class Honours LLB from the University of Edinburgh, an LLM from Queen’s University, and an SJD from the University of Toronto.

Schedule

11:50 Lecture room opens
12:00 Event begins
12:40 Q&A
13:00 Lunch (optional)

This event will be held in-person only, in the Hong Kong Room on the 2nd floor of Bentham House. Dr Craig's talk will start promptly at midday. Please indicate on the booking form whether you are able to stay on for lunch after the lecture.

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