Copyright, Text Mining and AI Training
Apr 18, 2023 — 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Join us鈥痜or鈥痑 conversation with Faith鈥疢ajekolagbe, Michael Geist and Ruth L. Okediji on copyright issues鈥痑nd recent developments around the world鈥痳egarding text and data mining, notably in Canada and African countries
Presentation
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Conversations鈥痑bout the modernisation of copyright frameworks have鈥痑risen around the world in light of the computational鈥痑nalysis and processing of copyrighted content for鈥痝reater knowledge and information generation through鈥痶ext and data mining鈥痶echniques and鈥痠nputs for AI鈥痙evelopment鈥痚specially鈥痶he training of鈥痬achine learning models.鈥疍o and should鈥痗opyright frameworks鈥痵upports鈥痶he unlicensed use of in-copyright works for text and data mining and the development of鈥痑rtificial intelligence? What are the鈥痠nterests at stake?
About the Speakers
is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law, a Faculty member at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, and a Full Professor in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of a popular blog on Internet and intellectual property law issues. He serves on many boards, including Ingenium, Internet Archive Canada, and the EFF Advisory Board.
Dr. Faith Majekolagbe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, and a Fellow at Harvard University鈥檚 Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Her research interest is in the areas of intellectual property and technology law, with an emphasis on the promotion and protection of the public interest in these areas.
Dr. Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center. A renowned scholar in international intellectual property (IP) law and a foremost authority on the role of intellectual property in social and economic development, Professor Okediji has advised inter-governmental organizations, regional economic communities, and national governments on a range of matters related to technology, innovation policy, and development.
Moderator
is the University Research Chair in Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, where he is an Associate Professor in the鈥疐aculty of Law, Common Law Section as well as the Director of the鈥疉I + Society Initiative, and the Director (on leave) of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society. He is also a Fellow of the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, as well as a member of the Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute at the University of Ottawa.