Past Event
Seminar

AI Cyber Lunch: Kyle Courtney on "The Robot Creator: Authors, Artists, AI, & Copyright"

Open to the Public

Please join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and HKS Library and Research Services for an AI Cyber Lunch Seminar featuring Kyle Courtney, Director of Copyright and Information Policy at Harvard Library. Courtney will give a talk entitled "The Robot Creator: Authors, Artists, AI, & Copyright."

Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Courtesy of Kyle Courtney

Speaker

Kyle K. Courtney is a lawyer and librarian serving as the Director of Copyright and Information Policy at Harvard Library. His work frames the law as the foundation for advancing the mission of all libraires, archives, and cultural institutions to acquire, preserve, maintain, and share the world's culture. He is a published author and nationally recognized speaker on the topics of copyright, libraries, and the law. His writing on copyright has appeared in Politico, The Hill, Library Journal, American Libraries and other publications. He authored the seminal work “A White Paper on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL).” He currently has a fellowship at NYU Law’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, an Advisor to the American Law Institute's project on the Restatement of Copyright, and co-founder and Board Chair of the Mellon funded project, Library Futures. He holds a J.D. with distinction in Intellectual Property Law and an MSLIS.