Shadow Comms Minister Warns of ‘Overregulation’ Amid AI Copyright Furore

Creators describe 'absurd' copyright changes as 'theft' to serve the interest of tech billionaires

" ... a free pass to use their work to train artificial intelligence models – and profit from it – while Australian creators get nothing."

Shadow comms minister warns of ‘overregulation’ amid AI copyright furore

Australia’s shadow communications minister Melissa McIntosh has given her take on government intervention and regulation as the country grapples with what to do about copyright concerns and AI companies stealing intellectual property.An interim report from the Productivity Commission this week explored what to do with copyright laws and intellectual property regulations as seemingly protected content […]

Media fights AI proposal

Journalism Media bosses push back on AI copyright grab Australia’s top media execs are lobbying PM Anthony Albanese over a proposal to let AI firms train on local content without paying for it. Nine’s Matt Stanton raised the issue directly, warning it risks gutting copyright protections. A letter to Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, signed by major publishers and creatives, slams the idea as a giveaway to Big Tech at the expense of Aussi…

A row is brewing in Australia over AI training and copyright

The latest fight over how AI training should be regulated has just been ignited by a report from the Australian Government Productivity Commission. The controversial bit is the suggestion that there may be a case for a ‘text and data mining exception’ for AI companies, enabling them to train using copyrighted material without needing a licence. […] The post is from Music Ally.

Ayres rules out copyright exemptions on data mining for AI

Industry minister Tim Ayres says there are no plans to rework copyright rules to allow tech giants like Google and Atlassian to mine text and data to train AI models in Australia. Senator Ayres made the comments on Wednesday, just hours after the Productivity Commission revealed it was examining whether a new ‘fair dealing’ exemption should be introduced for text and data mining (TDM).In its interim report on harnessing data and digital technolo…

Creators vs. Tech Giants: Who Wins in Australia’s AI Copyright Showdown? - Commonwealth Union

The Australian Productivity Commission (PC) is examining whether technology companies should be exempt from existing copyright rules that prevent them from mining text and data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. This inquiry, part of its interim report on “harnessing data and the digital economy,” uses copyright as a case study. It explores how Australia’s current regulatory framework can change to manage the evolving risks and opport…