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The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law is actively exploring the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on copyright law via a dedicated series of events, roundtables, lectures and publications.
On this page, IBIL's contribution to the debate is organised into four streams:
- Roundtables
- Inputs - exploring copyright implications of content used in AI training, focusing on issues including infringement, text and data-mining exceptions, lawful access and licensing;
- Outputs - examining copyright issues around AI-generated outputs, from authorship and ownership to originality, and their integration into existing copyright frameworks, and
- Policy - addressing the legal challenges for AI and copyright, aiming to inform legislative reforms, policy-makers and to contribute to the development of best practices.
- IBIL GenAI and Copyright Roundtables
Stakeholder roundtables feature as a regular part of IBIL’s Generative AI and Copyright series. Operating under Chatham House rules, these meetings bring copyright academics together with key stakeholders to foster in-depth discussions and exchange of insights and expertise.
Next event:
10 February 2025 - GenAI and visual output, chaired by Dr Alina Trapova.
Past events:
19 November 2024 - Academic publishers and GenAI deals, chaired by Dr Alina Trapova.
20 March 2024 - State of play of the key input issues, chaired by Dr Alina Trapova.
- Inputs
20 March 2024
Public lecture: Copyright and Generative AI: Putting input issues under the spotlight
Panel: Toby Headdon, Bristows LLP; Dr João Pedro Quintais, Assistant Professor at IViR (Institute for Information Law) University of Amsterdam; Dr Ana Ramalho, Copyright Counsel at Google; Professor Tania Aplin, Kings College London (Chair).
- Outputs
8 May 2022
Publication: Alina Trapova and Péter Mezei, 'Robojournalism - A Copyright Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the European News Industry' (2022) 71(7) GRUR International 589.
10 November 2020
Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Public Lecture 2020: 'Machina Sapiens: The Conflation of Natural and Artificial Creativity and Inventiveness' by Professor Daniel J. Gervais, Vanderbilt Law School, published as 'The Human Cause'.
- Policy
5 August 2024
Publication: Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova, 'Intellectual Property Law in Gaming and Artificial Intelligence' in Chris Bevan (eds) Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory (Edward Elgar, 2024).
20 June 2024
Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Public Lecture 2024: 'Artificial Intelligence and Collective Rights Management: the Future or the End?' by Gadi Oron, Director General, CISAC - available to view here.
9 May 2024
Public lecture: 'Uncovering the AI-Copyright Trap' by Dr Carys Craig, Osgoode Hall Law School - paper forthcoming in (2025) 100 Chicago-Kent Law Review, AI Disrupting Law Symposium, but for working draft, consult SSRN.
25 August 2023
Publication: Alina Trapova, 'AI as a vehicle for creativity in video games - any room for flexibility via contracts? A case study on AI Dungeon' in Simon Geiregat and Hendrik Vanhees (eds.) Copyright Contracts Tomorrow (LeA Uitgevers, 2023).
20 April 2023
Publication: Alina Trapova, 'Copyright for AI-generated works: a task for the internal market?' (2023) 48 European Law Review 187.
- Other
Material falling outside the main four categories will be posted here.
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