Autumn Copyright Webinars Review

The first webinar, on Collective Licensing of AI (23 October 2024), looked at how publishers have been alerting regulators that licensing required for AI purposes is feasible under the existing legal framework and is widely available. The session demonstrated that, in addition to direct or individual licenses, voluntary collective licenses can be a useful tool for publishers to consider as a free choice under their contractual freedom.

Jessica Sänger (Chair of the IPA’s Copyright Committee) spoke to James Bennett, Rightsholder Relations, Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), Catherine Zaller Rowland, Vice President, General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) and Robert Staats, CEO, VG WORT about the voluntary collective licenses for AI-related uses that their organisations offer and how these organizations are managing publishers’ mandates to supplement direct licensing where required.

The second webinar, Practical Approaches to Online Piracy – Focus on Notice and Takedown (25 October) saw Jessica Sänger speak to Mo Ali, Founder, Web Capio and Jack Newton, Head of Content Protection and Enforcement, Publishers Association about how piracy is the biggest threat for publishers across the world and giving practical approaches on how to fight online piracy. They focused on preliminary investigative work and on the first steps for copyright owners to enforce their rights before delving into how to prioritize, serve and track notices to platforms and ISPs for takedown of unauthorized content.

The final webinar came back to AI. Under the title AI Licensing & Fairly Trained (18 November), it featured Maria Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers (AAP) in conversation with Ed Newton Rex, the founder of Fairly Trained and also the person behind the Statement on AI training which has gathered over 36000 signatories to date.

Pallante and Newton-Rex discussed how licensing is and will continue to address the needs of responsible AI developers and how Fairly Trained is making sure that creators and copyright owners are treated fairly and get a say in whether or not their work is trained on by Generative AI.

You can see all of IPA’s work on Artificial Intelligence here.

IPA members, and their members, can watch any of the above webinars. If you are interested, please contact us at secretariat@internationalpublishers.org confirming your IPA membership affiliation.

New Webinar announcement: IPA President Karine Pansa in Conversation with Daren Tang

IPA is very excited to announce that our next webinar will be an exclusive conversation between IPA President Karine Pansa and the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Daren Tang. IPA members will receive registration information directly.

Congress Countdown: Copyright programme

The IPA also has a full copyright programme at our forthcoming 34th International Publishers Congress including a keynote speech by Deputy Director General of WIPO, Sylvie Forbin. The full programme can be found here.

The Pillars of IPA: Copyright Driving Freedom of Expression
Moderator: Karine Pansa, IPA (Brazil)
Speakers:

  • Brian Murray, HarperCollins (USA)
  • Jesus Badenes, Planeta Publishing (Spain)
  • Brian Wafawarowa, Juta Press (South Africa)

Reservation of Rights: Enforceability of Opt-Out Mechanism
Moderator: Roy Kaufman, CCC (USA)
Speakers:

  • Mitchell Bakos, American Chemical Society (USA)
  • Dolores Sancha, PRH (Spain)
  • Eduardo de la Parra (Mexico)

Copyright & AI: What to Know about Law, Policy, and Ethics
Moderator: Maria Pallante, AAP (USA)
Speakers:

  • Maria Strong, USCO (USA)
  • Marco Morales, INDAUTOR (USA)
  • Ibán García del Blanco, former Member of the European Parliament (Spain)

Effective Remedies for Enforcing Copyrights Online: A Survey of Enforcement Frameworks
Moderator: Lui Simpson, AAP (USA)
Speakers:

  • Catriona Stevenson, Publishers Association (UK)
  • Dalton Morato, ABDR (BR)
  • Ted Shapiro, Wiggin (Belgium)

Exceptions and Limitations: Efforts to Weaken the International Copyright Framework
Moderator: Jessica Saenger
Speakers:

  • Silke Von Lewinski, Max Planck Institute (Germany)
  • Dante Cid, Elsevier (Brazil)
  • Quetzalli dela Concha, PRH (Mexico)