May 27 2025, 14:55 - 15:25 (AWST)
University collections are shaped in a myriad of ways by the legal systems in which they are created, maintained and used. Copyright has gently, or not so gently, moulded structures, systems and processes across all areas of university library work, to the point where the accommodations are hardly visible to the untrained eye.
With the advent of AI, be it integrated into ever more products or unilaterally inserted as warning into contracts, these processes and assumptions are being tested anew. In an often unclear legal environment across jurisdictions, and with wide ranging concerns and ambitions from multiple stakeholders, managing this evolving space is a complex ask.
This presentation will highlight some of the key issues for university libraries when considering copyright and AI, alongside a discussion of the key policy and reform process underway at national and international level. The discussion will also highlight areas where related rights, such as, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), moral rights and privacy, need to be considered in conjunction with changes, and challenge attendees to thing creatively about how to best shape systems into the future.
THETA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of all First Nations people.