US Edition‘Very Clear’: Labor Rules Out Exemption for AI Giants to Take Content for Free
The government rejected a copyright carve-out after backlash from artists, prioritizing creators' rights despite AI's projected $116 billion economic boost over the next decade, Productivity Commission says.
- On Monday Attorney-General Michelle Rowland announced the Albanese government ruled out giving big tech companies an exemption to train AI on copyrighted Australian works.
- Earlier this year the Productivity Commission and AI proponents urged a text-and-data-mining exception, citing a $116 billion boost, while Nine Entertainment, News Corporation and creators lobbied against it.
- Meeting this week, the copyright and AI reference group will consider fair use and a small claims forum, with Rowland urging `The tech industry and the creative sector must now come together and find sensible and workable solutions to support innovation while ensuring creators are compensated`.
- The creative sector warned the exemption would let tech giants use copyrighted work without permission and reduce artists' income, while James Dickinson of Screenrights and Annabelle Herd of ARIA welcomed the government's clear decision.
- The Productivity Commission noted TDM exceptions exist in the European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore and cautioned such an exception would not be a 'blank cheque', suggesting legislative criteria may be needed.
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Sydney Morning Herald
‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free
The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.
Australian government rules out AI training copyright exemption
There is good news for Australia’s music industry this morning, having spent recent months arguing against potential plans to introduce a copyright ‘text and data mining exception’ for AI companies there. The country’s government has now ruled it out. “There is a body of work to do around what the copyright environment looks like in […] The post is from Music Ally.
This stance addresses the creative industries' objections to the Productivity Commission's recommendations, which suggested that allowing AI for "text and data mining" could add up to A$116 billion to the Australian economy. The government emphasized that copyright protection remains a crucial foundation for protecting creators' incomes and the creative ecosystem. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland stated that while Australia will actively explor…
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