Save the date for our next seminar
Moral Rights and Artificial Intelligence
Speaker: Professor Mira T Sundara Rajan D.Phil (Oxon)
Chair: Rt Hon Lord Justice Arnold
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 6pm
Please note that this seminar will take place at the offices of Reed Smith LLP, 1 Blossom Yard, London E1 6RS. Find the location by following this map.
A recent surge of lawsuits raises the question of whether the training of AI models infringes copyright in the United States, and, increasingly, in other jurisdictions around the world. Curiously, though, one important aspect of copyright remains in the background: the moral rights of authors and artists. Why have moral rights not yet been invoked? Is there a possibility that AI technology infringes moral rights? If so, how should these claims be presented, and what relief might plaintiffs expect?
This presentation will explore these issues in the context of a new book: The Moral Rights of Authors and Artists: From the Birth of Copyright to the Age of Artificial Intelligence, published by Oxford University Press.
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