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Chief Executive Officer at Authors Guild
Mary Rasenberger is the Chief Executive Officer of the Authors Guild. Prior to joining the Guild in November 2014, Mary practiced law for over 25 years in the areas of intellectual property, media and technology, with special expertise in copyright law. Most recently, Mary was a partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard where she counseled publishing, media, entertainment, internet, and other technology companies, as well as authors and artists in all areas of copyright and related rights, including licensing, litigation, infringement analysis, policy, enforcement and digital rights. From 2002 to 2008 Mary worked for the U.S. Copyright Office and Library of Congress as senior policy advisor and program director for the National Digital Preservation Program. Mary has worked at other major New York law firms and for a major record company.
Now in the third year of copyright litigation over generative AI, the stakes for creators, platforms, and the publishing world are coming into focus. This panel will survey the latest developments in the pending copyright cases against large language model providers, with a practical lens for authors and publishers. Read More
Tools that use artificial intelligence to create, or contribute to the creation, of various artistic works have recently exploded in popularity. Tools and services like DALL-E and Midjourney for visual works, Amper Music for musical works, CoPilot for source code, and ChatGPT for text have garnered millions of users… Read More