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A lecture by Daniel Susskind
There are two futures for copyright in the age of AI. The first is to strengthen the traditional regime with incremental changes, shoring up old protections and introducing new ones. The other is to replace it entirely. This lecture argues for the latter.
The inherited copyright regime is no longer fit for purpose, and neither pursuing ‘more copyright’ or ‘less copyright’ will work. Instead, we must return to first principles and design a new framework, just as the Internet encouraged innovations like ‘Creative Commons’, but at a far greater scale.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/rethinking-copyright
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This is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course.
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https://app.sli.do/event/u8zAxj29eytjVg9Q2haWEM
A lecture by Daniel Susskind
There are two futures for copyright in the age of AI. The first is to strengthen the traditional regime with incremental changes, shoring up old protections and introducing new ones. The other is to replace it entirely. This lecture argues for the latter.
The inherited copyright regime is no longer fit for purpose, and neither pursuing ‘more copyright’ or ‘less copyright’ will work. Instead, we must return to first principles and design a new framework, just as the Internet encouraged innovations like ‘Creative Commons’, but at a far greater scale.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/rethinking-copyright
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/support
Website: gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/greshamcollege
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