BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240509T045334EDT-859960af5X@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240509T085334Z DESCRIPTION:Zoom Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEq cOyppzguHd3ddDeKt5Ylo5x5BS9dDBLq \n\nJoin us for an AI and the Law talk wi th Prof. Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino\, who will explore the renewed and a larming challenges that AI – especially GenerativeAI –ushers for the copyr ight protection of freelance authors. \n\nAbstract \n\nRecycling existing copyright-protected works in new media is an age-old recurrence\, which co ntinues to challenge copyright law and its future on a global scale. Each time a new technology enjoys wide-spread adoption there is a new way to re -introduce or recycle an existing work. The proliferation of artificial in telligence (AI)\, and specifically GenerativeAI\, has ushered in renewed a nd alarming challenges. This talk will shine the spotlight on freelance au thors\, who across the world have challenged publishers’ continued exploit ation of their works in new media\, traditionally in print. Has copyright law been effective to deal with this ongoing copyright contracting issue\, relevant across creative industries?  The copyright treatment of freelanc e work on national and international levels has been inadequate to resolve ambiguities in the copyright contracting of new uses of existing works. H istorically\, authors’ works became the property of publishers that would in turn exploit these for all they are worth. Copyright law has been –and continues to be – a publisher’s and not an author’s right. But significant ly\, nineteenth-century copyright was more sympathetic to authors and had some notable restrictions in place to contain freedom of contract. This is no longer the case as freedom of contract prevails. The stakes are much h igher with big tech companies now dependent on “content” to feed their Gen erativeAI platforms\, further undermining creators (and ironically publish ers). If society is to embrace the full benefits of AI and given the conti nuing imbalanced bargaining between authors and bigger players\, and the l ack of express and adequate legislation worldwide\, a fairer\, transparent and more ethical approach to copyright protection is necessary. \n\nAbout the speaker \n\nProf Pina D’Agostino is a law professor\, lawyer\, public speaker\, board director and internationally-recognized scholar at Osgood e Hall Law School\, York University specializing in copyright law\, intell ectual property (IP)\, emerging technologies\, innovation law and policy.  She joined Osgoode Hall in 2006 and is regularly called by Canadian and i nternational governments for advice\, has testified before the Canadian Pa rliament\, is a widely published author\, regularly serves as a consultant and expert witness and is a cited authority at the Supreme Court of Canad a and in various media. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Intellec tual Property Journal and in 2022 has been recognized as the Top 25 Most I nfluential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine and Top 5 in Busi ness Law and in 2024 she is the recipient of Woman of the Year from the Ca nadian Italian Business Professional Association (CIBPA). \n\nDr D’Agostin o brings her creativity and passion to trailblaze new initiatives and to s erve in new roles as the overall Director of the $318M CFREF-funded Connec ted Minds: Neural & Machine Systems for a Healthy\, Just Society\; co-Foun der and co-Director of the new Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Societ y (CAIS) for York University\; Founding Director of IP Osgoode and the awa rd-winning IPilogue\, Founder & Director of the IP Intensive and the IP In novation Clinic\, the first and largest and first legal clinic of its kind helping inventors and start-ups in Ontario and across Canada commercializ e their IP and\, more recently\, founded the AI-powered IP Innovation Chat Bot allowing underrepresented groups and the general public greater access to IP information.  \n\nShe began her legal career at a large Toronto law firm\, was a Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford\, and was later recruited into the Canadian Government by the Recruitment of Policy Leader s (RPL) as a Senior Policy Analyst working on copyright policy. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) and A lectra Inc. and is the founding Chair of its GRE&T Centre Advisory Committ ee advancing innovation and sustainable energy solutions. She held an Orde r in Council Appointment at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection where sh e served on its Board of Directors\, and currently sits on its Art Advisor y Committee.  \n\nDr D’Agostino served as an IP expert to Canada’s First N ations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) and served as the co-chair of the York University AI & Society Task Force culminating in the Fostering the Future of Artificial Intelligence report\, was appointed to the City o f Vaughan Smart City Task Force and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for I nternational Governance Innovation (CIGI). She spent her last sabbatical a s a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. Dr D’Agostino is the recipien t of various government and tri-council grants\, honours and awards and is currently working on the second edition of Copyright Law (with Prof David Vaver\, Irwin Law). Her peer-reviewed articles and her three books Copyri ght\, Contract\, Creators: New Media\, New Rules\, The Common Law of Intel lectual Property: Essays in Honour of Professor David Vaver and Leading Le gal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law are widely available. \n\nShe holds a MSt and DPhil (University of Oxf ord) with distinction in copyright law\, an LLB (Osgoode Hall Law School)\ , an HonBA\, summa cum laude\, in English and Political Science and a spec ialization in French (York University)\, holds an ICD.D from the Rotman Sc hool of Management (University of Toronto) and is a member of the Law Soci ety of Ontario (2001 call). \n\nAI and the Law Series \n\nThe AI and the L aw Series is hosted by the Montreal Cyberjustice Laboratory\, and the Priv ate Justice and the Rule of Law Research Group. We would like to thank our sponsors: the Autonomy Through Cyberjustice Technologies and AI Project\, and the McGill Student Collective on Technology and Law. \n DTSTART:20240409T170000Z DTEND:20240409T180000Z SUMMARY:(Free)lance content and GenerativeAI: The persisting plight of free lance authors across the creative industries URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/freelance-content-and-generati veai-persisting-plight-freelance-authors-across-creative-industries-356236 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR