Copyright smh
The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that media and creative advocates had warned would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free. While the government is still consulting on potential reforms to the nation’s copyright laws, on Monday Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said it would not be loosening laws in line with the proposal floated by the Productivity Commission in August to give AI companies an exemption to scrape locally copyrighted work to train large language models. “Artificial Intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy. However, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too,” Rowland said. “Australian creatives are not only world-class, but they are also the lifeblood of Australian culture, and we must ensure the right legal protections are in place,” she said.
