The Copyright Society of Australia (CSA) is a not-for-profit society dedicated to the study of copyright law and related matters. The CSA is an independent organisation and does not seek to represent the interests of any particular special interest group. The purpose of the CSA is to provide a forum for education, discussion and exchange of ideas and information about copyright issues. The members of the CSA are copyright professionals.
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EVENTS
The Copyright Society of Australia runs a number of events (generally between four and six a year) on a variety of copyright-related topics.
SYMPOSIA
The Copyright Society of Australia hosts the Copyright Law & Practice Symposium every two years.
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NEXT EVENT
COPYRIGHT AS DATA
What can we learn from other legal transformations?
6PM, Thursday 6 August 2026
In person and via ZOOM
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
161 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000
Together with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), the Copyright Society of Australia is excited to welcome Professor Xiyin Tang (University of California, Los Angeles) to Australia.
The training of large language models has highlighted the extent to which questions of copyright and privacy now overlap in the context of large-scale data use. Large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and increasingly sophisticated AI agents ingest an unprecedented about of training data, testing the limits of copyright law and practice. Can insights from data protection offer any guidance?
Professor Tang will examine copyright parallels with privacy law, where legal frameworks have had to respond to large-scale data collection and use. Drawing on that experience, she will consider what copyright law might learn from the evolution of privacy regulation, how AI compares with earlier technological shifts, and the role of courts in interpreting copyright law in a period of rapid technological change. Her presentation will also consider whether large-scale data use points towards new approaches to copyright regulation alongside, or in place of, traditional transactional models.
Professor Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Sydney, ADM+S) will join Professor Tang for a Q&A following the presentation.
All members and friends are welcome
TICKET PRICES
Online (Live Stream)
Members $35
Non-Members $60
In-person
Members $55
Non-Members $80
Canapes and drinks will be provided
