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Kelsey Farish

Kelsey Farish

@kelseyfarish.com

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media and entertainment lawyer demystifying AI, publicity, IP + contracts for creatives, performers, and tech folk 🎬 into film, tv, wine, and delayed gratification🍷 self-exiled American in London 🩵 Hugo’s Mom

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Sep 27

Applications are now ✨ open ✨ to join my AI in Scripted TV course for @UKScreenSkills 💖 It's an early evening course (17:30 - 19:30) on Wednesday 29 October. It'll be fun and insightful, I promise!*

*I'll use all reasonable endeavours

www.screenskills.com/bookings/ai-...

AI training for production roles in scripted television - Training Course

www.screenskills.com

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Jul 3

Spoke at “The Augmented Gaze” in Rotterdam yesterday on AI, XR & privacy for #NationalXRDay. But I don’t want to lecture about AI. I want real conversations, with room for nuance, doubt, and human stakes. These convos aren’t just for lecture halls or boardrooms — they belong over coffee, over wine.

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Jul 1

Do I want to ignore it? Yes.
Can I ignore it? Absolutely not.
Will I think about it at 2am even though it’s none of my business and technically doesn’t affect anything?

You already know the answer.

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Jul 1

*screams silently in contract lawyer*

"Independance"

I know, I know. I’m the sort of person who adjusts formatting in other people’s Google Docs and gets emotionally invested in the placement of apostrophes.

But this? Channel 5, this is violence.

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Jul 1

*screams silently in contract lawyer*

"Independance"

I know, I know. I’m the sort of person who adjusts formatting in other people’s Google Docs and gets emotionally invested in the placement of apostrophes.

But this? Channel 5, this is violence.

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Jun 5

In an augmented world, you might appear as a version of you shaped by someone else’s imagination, algorithm, or agenda… at RESKINNED ALIVE at @sxsw London today, I got to explore that tension as a lawyer who specialises in publicity and digital personhood. Love my job ⚡️

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 15

So happy to be here in #Cannes for the 78th Cannes Film Festival!

Almost everyone has an opinion on using AI in the movie industry 🤔 my job is to help people protect their rights and, if they *do* want to use the tech, to do so responsibly. Want my personal view? It’ll cost you a Campari Spritz

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 6

I’ll be speaking on this at #SXSWLondon: 🕶️ Reskinned Alive: How Will AI and XR Reimagine Human Identity?

📍Rich Mix, Shoreditch
📅 Thursday 5 June, 11:00

Join us. Let’s talk bodies, identity, avatars, and the right to define how we’re seen.

#SXSW #XR #AI #Privacy

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 6

I made sure my Hugo was the only one in frame, but how many people do that? The LED indicating the camera is on is subtle, easy to miss in daylight.

When a camera doesn’t look like a camera, what does consent look like? And what happens when glasses like these don’t just record, but augment?

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 6

To this day my husband and I have never let Hugo watch videos on our phones. He thinks they're just boring things grown-ups use for some reason, and we’d like to keep it that way. So being able to record without pulling out a screen? Huge bonus.

But it also gave me pause.

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 6

From Hugo’s perspective, I was just kneeling down watching him - no phone in hand, just present.

Because yes, I have *those* glasses: the ones that record with a gentle tap on the rim.

A tiny light flashes, but there’s no visible camera. No screen, no shutter sound. Just me, smiling at him.

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · May 6

Over the bank holiday weekend, I took my almost-3-year-old to Greenwich Park. Like many parents, I couldn’t resist capturing a few moments of that wild toddler energy…

But this time, I didn’t reach for my phone. I just pressed a small button on my sunglasses.

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Apr 27

Sigh. The reaction was not furious because reactions aren’t capable of feeling emotions. People feel emotions; a reaction can be described by its nature (“reaction of fury”), but not by an emotional state like furious.

Should be “The people were furious. The reaction was one of fury.”

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Apr 25

Thrilled to be heading to the #Cannes Film Festival this year! I’ll be in town from May 15th to the 19th, soaking up the energy, connecting with brilliant people, and attending some standout events 🤩

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 28

I’m officially speaking at @SXSW.com London! Out of 3,000+ applications, the brilliant Rob Morgan's "Reskinned alive: how will AI and XR reimagine human identity?" was one of just 75 selected for inclusion in the official line-up... and he's asked me to join him on stage 🤩 #SXSWLondon

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 19

My recap of this year's incredible #GlasgowFilmFestival #GFF2025 is now online, together with a transcript + selected slides from my keynote on copyright, contracts, and AI!

www.kelseyfarish.com/post/glasgow...

GFF 2025 - Glasgow Film Festival Recap

My Glasgow Film Festival 2025 recap: my keynote presentation + contracts, creativity, and (lots of) coffee-fuelled conversations.

www.kelseyfarish.com

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 13

“[Altman is] hoping that Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI training fair use”

That’s… not… that’s not how copyright law works…

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 13

Love Allison’s Stetson! 🤠

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 13

“Why would Trump-the-deal-maker want to pay huge subsidies on a welfare state he does not want for his taxpayers at home to secure mining rights and military control he already has?“ Interesting + straightforward analysis by Greenland foreign policy expert Ulrik Pram Gad

www.diis.dk/en/research/...

Why would Greenlanders take a deal from Trump that gives them less than they already have?

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 7

Cool! Will you be at German Haus at all? I’m speaking there tomorrow

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 7

All things film-related! I’m hoping to attend these two events today

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 7

Nice! I’m (film & media lawyer) here too — the program looks so amazing! If you have any tips about how early to arrive for sessions, let me know!

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 7

I’ll be there 👏

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 7

Good morning, Austin! I’m so excited about #SXSW starting today 🤠 these are the events I’m planning on attending so if you’re around, come find me and say “Howdy”!

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Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Feb 28

🤠 Beyond excited to be off to #SXSW next week to speak about AI! Join me at SPEAKEASY on Congress Ave, Saturday at 1pm where I'll be discussing EU and U.S. regs www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Kelsey Farish @kelseyfarish.com · Mar 3

It’s so good — I saw it at Locarno. Very thought-provoking and poignant; I found it very moving as both an AI expert myself and a mother to a young son!