The University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre (UNCLC) and Law and Tech Discussion Group (LTDG) are delighted to welcome Dr Alina Trapova, University College London to give a seminar on 'Control, Access, Transparency: Law-making in copyright and AI in the UK'.
Copyright law and AI keep entertaining governmental discussions, litigation, licensing contracts, academic conferences, and many others. Everyone wants to get it right. Currently, the UKIPO is running a public consultation on the topic, seeking views on various issues related to text and data mining as well as AI-generated works. The consultation is underpinned by the government’s goal to enhance right holders’ control of their material and their ability to be remunerated for its use in AI training, support wide access to high-quality material to drive development of leading AI models in the UK and secure greater transparency from AI developers to build trust with creators, creative industries, and consumers.The current consultation comes at a convenient time as it follows some developments on the topic at the EU stemming from the CDSM Directive and the AI Act.
This talk focuses on various law-making principles in the complicated scenario of AI and copyright law. Issues such as soft law vs hard law, stakeholder dialogues, tech neutrality as well as transparency of the law-making process and inclusivity vis-à-vis all stakeholders will be discussed. This paper warns that the stakes in this AI discussion bear such profound consequences not just for the creative and the AI industries, but for society as a whole, so that scrutiny of the law-making processes should not be just a ticking box exercise.
Dr Alina Trapova has been a Lecturer in IP Law at University College London (UCL) and a Co-Director of the Institute for Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL Laws since January 2023. Prior to that, she worked at the University of Nottingham as an Assistant Professor in Law and Autonomous Systems and Bocconi University as a Research Assistant and Coordinator of the LLM in European Business and Social Law.
Alina's research interests focus on copyright law and the implications of machine learning and artificial intelligence on the creative industries. Alina also has a keen interest in EU law, particularly in examining the EU's law-making powers in the field of IP law. She also is a Co-Managing Editor of the well-known Kluwer Copyright Blog, part of the editorial board of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review and an executive committee member of the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association.
All welcome to attend.