2024 Copyright and Technology Conference

When: September 30, 2024 at 9:30am - 5:00pm EDT - This event has passed

Where: Fordham University Law School & Virtual

In its fifteenth year, Copyright+Tech focuses on the dramatic and fast-moving influences that technology has on copyright in the digital age. Join us on Monday, September 30 for a full day of learning and networking with technologists, attorneys, media professionals, and public policy decision makers.

The 2024 Copyright+Technology Conference will be held at Fordham Law School in the Constantino Lecture Hall on Floor 2.

Join us after the conference at Connolly’s Bar for a networking reception and special performance by the Copyright Society’s house band Crude, Humble & Obvious!

Interested in sponsoring Copyright+Tech? See our sponsorship opportunities here!

Registration Rates

Prices are the same for in-person and virtual attendance.

Member (Earlybird*)	$315
Non-member (Earlybird*)	$485
Academic or Gov’t Member (Earlybird*)	$215
Student Member (Earlybird*)	$0
Late Member	$415
Late Non-member	$585
Late Academic or Gov’t Member	$315
Late Student Member	$0

*Early bird pricing ends on 8/30/2024.

Please note:

Registration will close on Thursday, September 26, at 12:00 pm EDT.
The rate increases by $100 for walk-in registrations (subject to availability for in-person attendance).
If you have missed the registration deadline and would like to attend virtually, or need to make a change in your registration, please contact us at info@copyrightsociety.org.

Walk-in Member	$515
Walk-in Non-member	$685
Walk-in Academic or Gov’t Member	$415
Walk-in Student Member	$0

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CLE Credit Details

The Copyright Society is an accredited provider in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. MCLE Credits will be available for those jurisdictions, and requests for credit in other jurisdictions may be made when registering. While credit in other jurisdictions is not guaranteed, Copyright Society staff will submit applications for accreditation and notify attorneys upon approval.

This intermediate program is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

Arizona: Attorneys must self report their CLE hours. A certificate of attendance will be provided for your records.

California: The Copyright Society is an accredited provider in California (4.0 CLE Credits).

Colorado: New York is an approved jurisdiction (4.5 CLE Credits).

New Hampshire: Attorneys must self report their CLE hours. A certificate of attendance will be provided for your records.

New Jersey: New York is an approved jurisdiction (4.5 CLE Credits).

New York: The Copyright Society is an Accredited New York State MCLE Provider. This intermediate program is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys (4.5 CLE Credits).

Ontario: Attorneys must self report their CPD substantive hours. A certificate of attendance will be provided for your records.

Pennsylvania: The Copyright Society is an accredited provider in Pennsylvania (4.0 CLE Credits).

Rhode Island: New York is an approved jurisdiction (4.5 CLE Credits).

Please email cle@copyrightsociety.org for CLE related questions.

Agenda

9/30

9:30 am - 10:00 am EDT

Registration and Breakfast

9/30

10:00 am - 10:15 am EDT

Welcome Remarks

Daniel Cooper

President, Copyright Society | Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Counsel, Intellectual Property, NBCUniversal

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Bill Rosenblatt

President | GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies

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9/30

10:15 am - 11:15 am EDT

My Blanket and Me: Blanket Licensing for Generative AI

In parallel with the many lawsuits that copyright owners have filed against AI technology providers, various activities are taking place to establish voluntary blanket licenses to large bodies of content, with the goal of making it as easy as possible for AI companies to obtain licenses for the content they are using to train their models. Some of these efforts are run by rightsholder trade groups, while others are startups building marketplaces for licensable content. On this panel, we’ll learn about some of each as well as the legal framework in which they hope to operate.

Dave Davis

CEO and Co-Founder | Calliope Networks

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Rachel Fertig

Partner | DLA Piper

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Umair Kazi

Director of Policy & Advocacy | Authors Guild

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Roanie Levy

Licensing and Legal Advisor | Copyright Clearance Center

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Phil Sherrell

Partner | Bird & Bird

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9/30

11:15 am - 11:30 am EDT

Midmorning Break

9/30

11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

The Paper Trail: Attribution, AI, and Copyright

Attribution of content to its creators – whether human or machine – has taken on a new level of importance in the age of generative AI, given factors such as the limitations on copyright registration of AI-generated content and the increasing complexities of rights administration. In this session we’ll explore technologies such as the C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) standard that are emerging for defining and assuring proper attribution, and their implications for these issues as well as for copyright policy in the future.

Danielle Bulger

Senior Associate | ArentFox Schiff LLP

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Nicolas Gonzalez Thomas

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | Musical AI

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Jenni Katzman

Senior Director | Microsoft

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Will Kreth

CEO | HAND (Human & Digital)

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Leonard Rosenthol

Senior Principal Scientist | Adobe

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9/30

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Lunch

9/30

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm EDT

Keynote Address: Tom Rubin, OpenAI

Tom Rubin

Chief of Intellectual Property and Content | OpenAI

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9/30

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

Coffee Break

9/30

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

The Extremely Large Elephant In the Room: The Overabundance of Content in the Age of AI

Generative AI is the latest in a series of technologies that will accelerate the growth of content available in the world. Yet the potential increase in content generated with AI could well be dramatically larger than previous technologies such as desktop publishing, digital photography, and digital audio workstations. We may soon reach a point at which online content services will no longer accept just anything that’s submitted to them; and this will lead to profound effects on the future of creative industries and the role that copyright and rights administration plays in them. Our panelists will discuss this “elephant in the room” issue and its longer-term implications.

Diaa El All

CEO | Soundful

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Anna Gressel

Counsel | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Adrian Perry

Technology & IP Transactions Partner | Covington & Burling LLP

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Olena V. Ripnick-O'Farrell

Associate General Counsel, IP Product

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Bill Rosenblatt

President | GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies

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9/30

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Afternoon Break

9/30

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

No Advance Permission Required: The Future of Compulsory Licensing

The recent dispute between Spotify and music publishers over terms in the § 115 compulsory mechanical license has led to calls for narrowing or eliminating certain types of compulsory licenses for digital content. When technology enables licensing to be done efficiently on a mass scale, are compulsory licenses still fit for purpose? Should we be reevaluating our need for compulsory licenses in the age of ubiquitous digital content, and if so, what should the new criteria be? This session will discuss an issue that could affect how many online services license copyrighted material in the future.