Webinar on “Copyright-legal basis for training generative AI”

Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI is organising a webinar on the topic of text and data mining copyright exception, titled “Copyright-legal basis for training generative AI”, as part of the national and regional coordination of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme. 

The webinar, which will take place on Friday, 23 June 2023, will feature a presentation by a representative of the European Commission on the EU legislative framework, presentations by researchers from Slovenia and Croatia on the regulation in force in these two Member States, and presentations by researchers from other countries in the region on the legislation under development in their jurisdictions.

The list of confirmed speakers includes:

  • Silvia Bottaro, Legal Affairs Officer – Open Science, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation,
  • Prof. Dr Ivana Kunda, Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka,
  • Prof. Dr. Dušan V. Popović, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade,
  • Prof. Dr. Iza Razija Mešević, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo,
  • Prof. Dr. Neda Zdraveva, Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, and
  • Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute, National and Regional Coordinator, KR21.

All those interested in copyright in the field of research and science, especially librarians of research libraries and researchers who use data analytics in their work, are invited to attend.

The webinar will start at 10 a.m. and end at 13 p.m. The last part, from 12.30 p.m. to 13 p.m., will take the form of a working discussion on current research in the field of data and text research among researchers in the region and will be closed to the public: we will discuss current research questions and possibly add new ones. The findings will be presented at the Open Knowledge Day conference, which will be held in the autumn, both live in Ljubljana and online.

Webinar Timeline:

10:00 – 10:15 Introduction Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič
10:15 – 10:45 Copyright and access to and reuse of scientific publications and data Silvia Bottaro
Q&A
11:00 – 11:15
Regulations in force in Croatia
 Prof. Dr. Ivana Kunda
11:15 – 11:30
Regulations in force in Slovenia
 Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič
Q&A
11:40 – 11:50 TDM exception in different jurisdictions in the Balkans Prof. Dr. Iza Razija Mešević (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
11:50 – 12:00 TDM exception in different jurisdictions in the Balkans Prof. Dr. Neda Zdraveva (North Macedonia)
12.10 – 12.20 TDM exception in different jurisdictions in the Balkans Prof. Dr. Dušan V. Popović (Serbia)
Short break
12:30 – 13:30 Working session (by invitation only) Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič

 

The webinar, which will take place on Friday, 23 June 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., can be accessed via the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81275447733.