In-person Dinner
Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar (365 Bay St.)
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00pm
The rapid rise of generative AI is challenging many of copyright’s core concepts from authorship and ownership to infringement and fair dealing. Whether in service of creativity or capital, copyright law is perfectly capable of absorbing this latest innovation—but to what end? Even more interesting than the doctrinal debates that AI provokes is the challenge it presents to revisit the purposes of copyright in the age of AI. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in our creative lives, courts and lawmakers face fundamental questions about authorship, originality, and the very definition of art. The stakes are undeniably high. With a view to authorship, expression, and the public interest at the heart of the copyright system, Dr. Craig will propose that AI-generated outputs should be uncopyrightable, while AI-training inputs should be non-infringing.
Speaker:
Carys Craig is Associate Dean (Research & Institutional Relations) and a Full Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is the also the Director of Osgoode’s Law & Technology Program, IP Osgoode, and Academic Director of the Professional LLM Program in IP Law. Dr. Craig teaches and researches in the areas of copyright, trademarks, law and technology, and legal theory. Her award-winning scholarship has been cited with approval in several landmark copyright rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada. Dr. Craig holds an LL.B. (1st Cl Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, an LL.M. from Queen’s University, and an S.J.D. from the University of Toronto.
The presentation is eligible for up to one hour of substantive CPD.
Please join us at 6PM for a cocktail reception followed by dinner and the presentation by Dr. Craig.
Kindly note that registration will close at 5PM on Sunday, May 11. To guarantee your spot, we encourage you to register now and avoid missing this opportunity!
