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Carys Craig

@caryscraig.bsky.social
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Professor of Law (Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademarks, Technology Law & Legal Theory), Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Director, IP Osgoode & Osgoode Professional LLM in IP - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 🇨🇦

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Whenever a person delegates a decision to an LLM, they are trying to off-load accountability for that decision, and if a company that sells an LLM portrays the product as having a moral center, it is offering a way for its customers to abdicate their responsibilities."
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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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I Am I - Earth @iami.earth · 15/05/2026
Data as ocean rather than oil. Oil is extracted and depleted. Ocean is navigated and governed. The metaphor shift changes everything about the policy response. Governance, not ownership. What does that governance concretely look like?
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Terrific new #IPilogue post by IP Osgoode Senior Research Fellow Shadi Nasseri, describing AI as a “stress test on the heart of the law”—increasing pressures revealing the law’s inherent weaknesses and latent vulnerabilities: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/ipos...
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When AI Hurts: Stress Testing the Heart of the Law - IPOsgoode
If law is the heart of a democratic society... then AI functions as the stressor that tests its endurance in the face of emerging and increasingly complex legal challenges.
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Ed Timberlake @trademarksaremagic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"In this dawning era of AI, when so much remains in flux and the future trajectory of this world-changing technology is being hashed out in courtrooms, boardrooms and back rooms, the metaphors we use to understand our predicament could prove crucial . . . " - @caryscraig.bsky.social
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I’m happy to share my latest - “Data is Nothing Like Oil” - an editorial just published in the IIC: link.springer.com/article/10.1... We should see data not as oil but rather as an ocean— shifting our regulatory focus from commodification and private control to governance of the knowledge commons:👇
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Data Is Nothing Like Oil: Dusting Off Copyright’s Originality Doctrine for the AI Age - IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law -
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Ed Timberlake @trademarksaremagic.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
"Expression, [Professor Silbey] argued, is not merely aesthetic but ethical; it enables individuals and communities to bear witness to injustice, preserve memory, and imagine alternative futures." - Xiang Zhang
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My PhD supervisee, Xiang Zhang, did a lovely job writing up this year’s thought-provoking Grafstein Lecture by Jessica Silbey @jessicasilbey.bsky.social: “Copyright’s Edges and the Ethics of Expression in the Digital Age”. Read about it on the #IPOsgoode #IPilogue: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/ipos...
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Copyright’s Edges and the Ethics of Expression in the Digital Age - IPOsgoode
Silbey’s central thesis is that contemporary copyright law is undergoing a gradual but profound transformation. Doctrines historically designed to facilitate the circulation of ideas and preserve the ...
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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
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Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright infringement in the model and in the outputs, granted injunctive relief, ordered disclosure, and paved the way for damages to be decided at a later date.
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Ian Linkletter @linkletter.org · 13/11/2025
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back! linkletter.org/update-33-th...
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Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Below the line of the 1st page of Professor Dan Burk's last article, just published posthumously by the UC Irvine Law Review.
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Amy Landers @amylanders.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Highlighting the relevant chart...
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
In the latest #IPilogue blogpost, Osgoode PhD researcher Shadi Nasseri shares her reflections on the recent international #copyright conference, which was proudly co-hosted by #IPOsgoode, on 'The Legacy of CCH Canadian Ltd. v. LSUC and the Future of Copyright Law'. See: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/ipos...
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Currents, Waves, and Ripple Effects – CCH’s Legacy at Home and Abroad - IPOsgoode
In March 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada released CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada. Twenty-one years later, scholars, practitioners, professionals, and observers gathered in Toronto ...
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Sean Rehaag @seanrehaag.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
...and my a2aj.ca project released a working paper by @simonwallace.bsky.social and me about bulk access to Canadian legal data, the role of @canlii.bsky.social, & our new open-source alternative (a2aj.ca/canadian-legal-data) Paper is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cover page for Access To Algorithmic Justice Working Paper. Accessible text via link.
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Sean Rehaag @seanrehaag.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A busy week... My @refugeelab.ca released our report about tech and alternatives to immigration detention, co-authored by @danghez.bsky.social & @petramolnar.com, and co-published with @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and @idcoalition.bsky.social: www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...
Cover image for a report entitled "From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention" Accessible text via link
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Registration is open! Join us for an international conference on ‘The Legacy of CCH Canadian Ltd. v. LSUC and the Future of Copyright Law’, taking place on Sept 19-20th in downtown Toronto and live-streaming online! 📚©️ Find more information and a link to register here: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/ipos...
A poster advertising the conference includes a logo featuring the CN tower and books, as well as a QR code to the conference website.
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is a fun episode on AI art and copyright law npr.org - nicely done by @ecjacobs.bsky.social! I was pleased to be included alongside @davidfewer.bsky.social.
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Association of Law and Political Economy @a-lpe.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS! 🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊🪩🎉🎊 It's out and full of information. Check it out! Get in touch with questions! lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
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Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Great post by @technollama: “Copyright is messy.… Stop trying to make copyright do something that it’s not meant to do. Some of the issues that are being discussed are about societal challenges. They are also about competition, funding to the arts, capitalism, corporate greed, and inequality.” +1 👏
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
South African apex court recognises the “constitutional imperatives of equality and dignity for persons with disabilities” in a landmark copyright judgment 🎉 | infojustice Check out Dr. Sanya Samtani’s excellent blogpost explaining yesterday’s remarkable ruling 👇 infojustice.org/archives/46309
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South African apex court recognises the “constitutional imperatives of equality and dignity for persons with disabilities” in landmark copyright judgment  | infojustice
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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Robot Law: Volume II, edited by @rcalo.bsky.social, @mfroomkin.bsky.social and @kristenthomasen.bsky.social Contributors incl: @hartzog.bsky.social @caryscraig.bsky.social @timhwang.bsky.social @cyn-k.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social Free chapter ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/9781...
An important sequel to the groundbreaking first edition, Robot Law: Volume II discusses the societal and economic transformations introduced by robotics. Editors Ryan Calo, A. Michael Froomkin and Kristen Thomasen, alongside their contributing authors, explore the legal, ethical, and societal challenges that robotics and automated systems pose, investigating the intersection of law and policy in this area.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#WeRobot2025 NEXT PANEL: AI Fairness & Discrimination ft "The Fairness-Accuracy Tradeoff Myth in AI" by @ignaciocofone.bsky.social & "Artificial Intelligence and the Discrimination Injury" by @aselbst.bsky.social with @caryscraig.bsky.social as discussant! static1.squarespace.com/static/66e43... +
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
As #AI tools become more prevalent, #policymakers are urged to protect creators & cultural industries from the threats posed by #generativeAI. However, in their rush to act, they may fall into the "Copyright Trap." Read: spkl.io/63321fQcDU Subscribe: spkl.io/63322fQcDq
This image shows an illistrative robot head.
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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 21/03/2025
It's about turning a million little monopolies into one big one, and using it to pummel independent artists, technologists, and the public. Maybe some day someone will be interested in that version of this story, instead of the same old "You wouldn't steal a car??!" cliches.
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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 21/03/2025
And their endgame is never an artists' utopia, it's a world where (as @caryscraig.bsky.social explains) a few big corporations control the creative economy, where no one can make or use creative tools without permission from the biggest copyright incumbent industries.
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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 21/03/2025
This is 1000% the correct take on copyright and AI, from @caryscraig.bsky.social. If we can't break through the braindead "You stole mah website!" level of discourse, we're going to be in a world where Marvel and UMG dictate terms for this technology. www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

“Copyright is likely to function not as a safeguard for our culture, but as a tool to advance corporate power,” she says, cutting to the heart of a debate that’s reshaping how society values creativity in an age increasingly defined by algorithms.“Copyright casts the author’s work as an alienable commodity,” she explains, noting that the current framework disproportionately benefits intermediaries – the platforms, publishers and corporations that control distribution.

Strengthening copyright, she argues, won’t fix this inherent imbalance. Instead, she calls for a more radical approach: robust public funding for the arts, stronger labour protections for creators and tax policies that support cultural production, not just corporate profit.
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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AI and copyright law: Osgoode expert describes what’s at stake - YFile
Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Carys Craig explains how artificial intelligence is challenging the foundations of copyright law, raising questions about the future of creativity and who truly owns ...
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Anja Karadeglija @anjakaradeglija.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Even as the number of legal cases grows, a definite answer to the question of whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted content to train their AI products is still a long way off www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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Canada, other countries struggling to come up with new rules for AI and copyright
The battle between AI companies and copyright holders notched an early win for publishers in the U.S. in mid-February when a court ruled that a legal research firm didn’t have the right to use a rival...
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Rejoignez-nous CE JEUDI le 27 février pour en apprendre plus sur l’utilisation équitable et l’intelligence artificielle dans le milieu universitaire avec Carys Craig, juriste et experte en droit d'auteur et en intelligence artificielle. Inscrivez-vous : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It’s Fair Dealing Week! Join us THIS THURSDAY Feb. 27 to learn more about fair dealing and AI in the academy from legal scholar and copyright and artificial intelligence expert Carys Craig. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Delighted to finally get my hands on this beauty 💖 and very grateful to have been included! So many *must-reads* in here on IP & Gender: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b... My chapter takes aim at the ‘empirical turn’—all the efforts we’re seeing to measure women’s participation in the IP system…
Front cover of book ‘A Research Agenda for Intellectual Property and Gender’, Lai & Bowery (eds)Image of the table of contentsImages of the table of contents (cont.)
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 21/02/2025
As AI disrupts our existing copyright regimes, it's critical that we protect fair dealing - the concept that makes copyright compatible with education and freedom of speech. Join @caut.bsky.social and law professor Carys Craig next week to talk about it! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fair Dealing Week Keynote 2025 / Allocution d’ouverture de la Semaine de l’utilisation équitable 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation em...
Carys Craig is a legal scholar and copyright and artificial intelligence expert at Osgoode Hall Law School. The title of her keynote is “Fair Dealing and AI in the Academy: Reflections on the Right to...
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The Government of Canada has just released its ‘What We Heard’ Report summarizing submissions to its ‘Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative AI’ 🇨🇦 🤖 Tl;dr [*spoiler alert*]: They heard lots of ‘stakeholders’ fundamentally disagreeing with one another 🤷‍♀️ ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strateg...
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Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: What we heard report
Table of Contents Introduction Who We Heard From What We Heard Text and data mining (TDM) Authorship and ownership of works generated by AI Infringement and liability regarding AI Engag...
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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This paper by @caryscraig.bsky.social is teeming with quotable phrases and notable ideas regarding the falsity of "copyright vs. AI" arguments: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The AI-Copyright Trap
As AI tools proliferate, policy makers are increasingly being called upon to protect creators and the cultural industries from the extractive, exploitative, and
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
🚨 [AI RESEARCH] "The AI-Copyright Trap," by @caryscraig.bsky.social, is a MUST-READ for everyone interested in AI governance (& following the various AI copyright lawsuits I have been covering). Quotes:
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
when you examine a text written by a human you can find layers and layers of meaning and intentionality, the complexity of the human conscious, an opportunity for one mind to commune with another outside the bounds of time and space. when you examine AI text you drown in a teaspoon of nothing.
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Aaron Moss @copyrightlately.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Copyright Unwrapped: It’s the most wonderful time of the year for public domain fans. Check out my deep dive into the new (old) works entering the U.S. public domain on January 1, 2025—up now on Copyright Lately! copyrightlately.com/public-domai... #copyright #publicdomain2025 #publicdomain
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Public Domain Day 2025 is Coming: Here's What to Know
A new crop of copyrighted works enters the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2025. Here's what it all means.
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Carys Craig @caryscraig.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I had a such a lovely time teaching “Copyright Theory & Technological Change” to the terrific students in the Global Law program at KU Leuven. 12 hours of classes, 1 graduate research seminar, 5 days of engaging discussions, and way too many croquettes to count🇧🇪 🍻 Thx to Thomas Margoni for hosting!
Photograph of Leuven Photograph of the central square in LeuvenPicture of Course outline description for Copyright Theory & Technological Change Photograph of students in a lecture theatre
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Kat Geddes @katgeddes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This is one of the most succinct summaries of why copyright cannot solve all of our ethical concerns around AI labor displacement that I have read to date; highly recommend reading: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @caryscraig.bsky.social
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The AI-Copyright Trap
As AI tools proliferate, policy makers are increasingly being called upon to protect creators and the cultural industries from the extractive, exploitative, and
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