November 27, 2024
The latest inquiry into the adoption of AI in Australia has voiced strong support for Australian creators and called out the ‘unprecedented theft’ of their work by offshore AI developers. On 26 November, the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence released its final report. The Committee was established to ‘inquire into and report on the opportunities […]
August 2, 2024
On 31 July, the US Copyright Office released a report that recommends a new right to protect against ‘digital replicas’ – the use of digital technology to realistically replicate an individual’s voice or appearance. You can see the report here. The report says: The Copyright Office agrees with the numerous commenters that have asserted an […]
July 26, 2024
On 25 July, UK-based Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) announced a new licence for text and data mining (TDM). You can see the announcement here. CLA describes TDM as ‘the process of using computational techniques to extract valuable insights and patterns from large volumes of information’. Its licence will allow organisations to carry out or perform […]
July 26, 2024
On 25 July, the NSW Upper House committee inquiring into artificial intelligence in New South Wales tabled its report. You can see the announcement here and the report here. The Committee commented that: The committee acknowledges the significant concerns of those within the creative industries around the inappropriate use of their work for training large […]
July 17, 2024
On 16 July, US copyright management organisation Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) announced its collective licensing solution for content usage in internal artificial intelligence (AI) systems. You can see CCC’s announcement here. The licence to re-use content for AI is part of CCC’s Annual Copyright Licences for businesses. Similar licensing solutions are also being developed in […]
July 16, 2024
The Board of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that Olivia Lanchester, its CEO for the last five years, will be stepping down later this year: see here. Before becoming CEO in 2019, Olivia was the ASA’s Legal Services Manager for four years. Among the many things she has achieved for her members, […]
June 27, 2024
On 21 June, the Data and Digital Ministers Meeting (comprising Ministers from the Commonwealth and each State and Territory) released the National Framework for the Assurance of Artificial Intelligence in Government. You can see the Framework here and related documentation here. The Framework sets out how Australian governments should align their practices to Australia’s 8 AI […]
May 30, 2024
On 28 May, the UK Parliament’s House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee released a report entitled ‘Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)’. The report addresses 12 challenges, one of which is ‘The Intellectual Property and Copyright Challenge’. Its recommendation is: The Government should broker a fair, sustainable solution based around a licensing framework governing […]
