Understanding how AI intersects with the law is essential to protect your writing and livelihood, no matter how (or if) you use it. Join Lawyers for the Creative Arts for a session covering the legal angles of AI and writing. This program will help writers who want to protect their work from AI, as well as those who use AI within their work. We’ll discuss: Copyright and authorship issues; Licensing and data use; AI training and consent; Publishing and editing contracts; And more! Whether you love it or hate it, we hope this program will help give you some clarity and insight. Plus, we’ll take your questions! About the Speakers: Steven L. Baron, Baron Harris Healey For more than 35 years, Steve Baron has counseled businesses on intellectual property and media matters and helped clients resolve complex commercial disputes. His experience includes protecting and advising on trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, defamation, privacy, right of publicity, advertising, and marketing. Steve represents media and entertainment clients’ best interests in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations. His clients also include publishers, authors, podcasters, advertising and marketing agencies, graphic artists, recording companies and recording artists, information technology businesses, Internet retailers, and other businesses with intellectual property and publishing issues. Steve advises clients on evaluating and protecting their intellectual property and business assets. He helps businesses select trademarks, obtain registrations from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and manage trademark portfolios. He also counsels clients on copyright protection and aids them in registering works with the Copyright Office. Publishers benefit from his guidance on matters involving rights of publicity and privacy. At the same time, he leverages his extensive experience as a litigator to draft, review, and negotiate many commercial agreements, including intellectual property licenses and assignments, software escrow agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, work-made-for-hire agreements, employment agreements, merchant agreements, and website terms of use and privacy policies. More at https://www.bhhlawfirm.com/attorneys/steven-baron/ Steven L. Baron, Baron Harris Healey