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Kogod Digital Rights Summit:

Collective Management, AI, and Sports in a Streaming World


September 17, 2026, 9AM to 5PM

American university
Mary graydon Student center 305

Who owns creativity in the age of AI? How will creators be paid? What comes next for licensing and streaming?

These are the questions driving this year's Kogod Digital Rights Summit.

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The future
of digital rights

is being shaped today.

At the Kogod Digital Rights Summit, leaders from government, industry, academia, collecting societies, performing rights organizations, and technology companies come together to examine the future of rights management in an increasingly digital world.

This year's summit explores how collective rights management is evolving alongside generative AI, streaming platforms, sports media, and emerging technologies.

Through expert panels, policy discussions, and real-world case studies, participants will examine the legal, technological, and business challenges shaping the future of licensing, attribution, transparency, metadata, and creator compensation.

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Program Overview: Explore the Day's Sessions

The program below provides a preview of this year's discussion topics. The complete agenda and speaker lineup will be announced soon.

Discover how collective licensing organizations are adapting to generative AI, evolving licensing models, and the growing need for scalable rights administration. Industry leaders will discuss attribution, metadata, transparency, and payment systems in the digital economy.

Hear from policymakers and legal experts examining how Congress and federal agencies are approaching AI, copyright, collective licensing, and platform accountability as digital media continues to evolve.

Explore how streaming is transforming sports broadcasting, NIL rights, athlete data, highlights licensing, and AI-driven media. Sessions will examine the convergence of entertainment, sports, technology, and intellectual property.

Learn how creators, performers, journalists, athletes, musicians, and rights organizations are responding to AI-generated content, synthetic media, and new models for protecting creative work in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

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