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Artist’s Rights in the AI Era with John Swinson

05jun12:00 pm1:00 pmArtist’s Rights in the AI Era with John SwinsonOnline webinar

Time

5th June 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00)

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Event Details

12pm – 1pm Thursday the 5th June 2025

Join Professor John Swinson to discuss Artist’s Rights in the AI Era

 Topics:

  • How does generative AI work?
  • The legal impact of generative AI on artists.
  • Do the AI companies commit copyright infringement by training AI using my art?
  • When I use generative AI to create a work, who owns it, and could it be copyright infringement?
  • What is the government doing about it?
  • AI legal trends and future protections.

What to Bring:

Please bring questions to discuss with John. Flying Arts also recommends having note-taking materials on hand.

Additional Information:

This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.

To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.

Additional Information

John is course coordinator for AI Law and Privacy Law.  John also teaches in the Cybersecurity Law and Copyright Law subjects.

John Swinson is a former partner of a major international law firm and has 35 years of law firm experience in NY and Australia, with principle focus on technology law and intellectual property law.  Currently, he is principal of boutique law firm Pie Legal.

After graduating from UQ with computer science and law degrees, John continued to Harvard Law School as a Fulbright and Frank Knox Scholar where he received a Masters of Law.  Barak Obama was a member of his graduating class.  John passed the NY bar examination and practiced intellectual property law as an attorney in NY State.

John is a past President of the Australian Fulbright Alumni Association and was Chair of the auDA Policy Review Panel to introduce the new .au domain name space in Australia.

Since 2000, John has been an arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO, which is a United Nations organisation based in Geneva) under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP).  John has decided over 725 domain name disputes.

John has represented artists and filmmakers in copyright litigations and dealings including:

  • Richard Bell v Steele [2012] FCA 246
  • TS Production LLC v Drew Pictures Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1329
  • Dais Studio Pty Ltd v Bullet Creative Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 2054