September 23-25, 2026
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The AI Content Wars: Copyright, Fair Use, Training Data and the Future of Human Creation

September 24, 2026 @ 4:05 PM EST

4:05 PM ET
September 24, 2026

The AI Content Wars: Copyright, Fair Use, Training Data and the Future of Human Creation

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Artificial intelligence has triggered a high-stakes fight over the content, data and creative works used to train the next generation of models. As courts begin to address fair use, training data, licensing markets, copyrightability and the use of allegedly infringing or unauthorized datasets, companies, creators, publishers and technology providers are being forced to rethink the value of human-created content and the rights that attach to it.

This panel will examine the fast evolving copyright and data-rights issues raised by generative AI, including fair use, training-data licenses, ownership of AI-assisted works, provenance, output risk, market harm, and the growing business importance of verified human-created content. The discussion will also explore why human creativity remains essential not only as a matter of law and policy, but as a technical and commercial input for AI systems that depend on high-quality training data.



Add to Calendar 08/06/2026 10:57 PM America/New_York The AI Content Wars: Copyright, Fair Use, Training Data and the Future of Human Creation

This panel will examine the fast evolving copyright and data-rights issues raised by generative AI, including fair use, training-data licenses, ownership of AI-assisted works, provenance, output risk, market harm, and the growing business importance of verified human-created content. The discussion will also explore why human creativity remains essential not only as a matter of law and policy, but as a technical and commercial input for AI systems that depend on high-quality training data.

Session Speakers

Catherine Zaller Rowland

Vice President, General Counsel

Copyright Clearance Center