A2IM Webinar on YouTube Shorts for Music Creators

Webinar

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) and BuzzMyVideos are hosting a webinar focused on YouTube Shorts for music creators. During the event, experts will share “how to effectively use YouTube Shorts to expand audience and increase discoverability, viewership and ultimately revenue” by sharing real cases and experiences. BuzzMyVideos will offer one free YouTube Shorts package worth $1,200 to […]

Copyright Alliance and Copyright Society Panel on ‘Whether Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI Is Fair Use’

MetLife Building, 200 Park Avenue, New York City and via Zoom

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society, in association with the Copyright Alliance, will host an event titled Using Copyrighted Works to Train AI: Fair Use or Just Plain Unfair? During this panel discussion, speakers will address the applicability of the Fair Use Doctrine in relation to the use of copyrighted materials to train machine learning […]

Copyright-adjacency and the CRTC

Panel Discussion

The Ottawa and Toronto Chapters of the Copyright Society are hosting a panel discussion on the “various challenges and approaches to regulating Internet content through an existing and expanding copyright-adjacent regulatory framework for telecommunications and broadcasting” in Canada, where the broadcasting industry is regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The discussion will […]

NAIAC Meeting on AI

U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Federal Building, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC and online

On April 25, the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) will hold an open meeting in-person and online between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET to discuss the Committee’s efforts to develop its year one report that will be presented to the President and National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office. The final agenda and registration information are located on the NAIAC website. Comments […]

USPTO AI Inventorship Public Listening Session

USPTO headquarters, 600 Dulaney Street, Alexandria, Virginia and online

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host an AI Inventorship Public Listening Session, which will take place online and in person at the USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria, VA. Seating for in-person attendance is very limited. For additional information and to register, please click here.

ARS World IP Day Workshop: Copyright + Licensing Basics

600 Dulany Street Clara Barton Auditorium South Alexandria, VA 22314

Artist Rights Society (ARS) is hosting a Copyright + Licensing Basics Workshop for visual artists in celebration of World IP Day. During the event, the ARS team will share licensing terminology, information on how to approach licensing, and answer commonly asked questions about copyright. The presentation wil be followed by a brief Q&A. The free event is […]

USPTO World Intellectual Property Day Panel: The Value of Her IP

Panel Recording

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will celebrate World Intellectual Property Day with a panel titled The Value of Her IP. The event will feature high school seniors from Detroit, Michigan, Alexandria, Virginia, and Arlington, Virginia, who are participating in the Office’s Intellectual Property Skills Work-Based Learning (IP-Skills WBL) program. The students will discuss their experiences […]

An Evening with Richie Ramone

The Three Clubs, 1123 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA

The California Copyright Council is hosting a conversation with punk rock icon, actor, song writer, and composer Richie Ramone. The event will feature an informal chat between Teri Nelson Carpenter, Founder and CEO of Reel Muzik Werks, and Ramone about a number of topics, including protecting your works. For additional information and to register, please […]

World Intellectual Property Day

The World Intellectual Property Organization officially announced that the 2023 World IP Day theme is Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity. According to its statement regarding the 2023 theme, WIPO noted that, “At a time when economic recovery is on everyone’s mind, connecting more women with the IP system to accelerate innovation and creativity is […]

Deadline to Register for USCO AI and Audiovisual Works Listening Session

Deadline

The U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will host a series of virtual public listening sessions on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with stakeholders from various creative industries. The Office is inviting artists, members of creative industries, AI developers and researchers, and attorneys involved with the issues to participate as speakers. The sessions will focus on Literary […]

ITIF World IP Day Event: IP Stories: Women and IP

To celebrate World IP Day 2023, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will highlight the stories of a few of the women who depend on intellectual property (IP) rights to accelerate innovation and creativity for themselves and others. Event attendees will hear first-hand accounts of how IP enables and benefits creators, innovators, and society. […]

MLC Webinar on How to Collect Royalties  

Webinar

The MLC is hosting a webinar for independent songwriters to share step-by-step instructions on how to “Connect to Collect” to obtain all U.S. digital mechanical royalties. For additional information and to register, please click here.