April 29, 2024
On 9 April, a Bill requiring transparency about copyrighted material used to train generative AI models was introduced into the US Congress. You can see the announcement by Representative Adam Schiff (who introduced the Bill) here. You can see the Bill (titled the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act) here. The Bill is supported by a […]
April 29, 2024
On 11 April, the Attorney General announced that the Government would introduce amendments to the Copyright Act in relation to remote learning. You can see the announcement here. The amendments are intended to address perceived uncertainties by some in the school sector regarding remote learning by school students. Remote learning has been in place in […]
April 29, 2024
The Attorney-General’s Department has published the list of members of the Copyright and AI Reference Group (CAIRG) and of the CAIRG Steering Committee. You can see the 61 members of the Reference Group and the 20 members of the Steering Committee here. Copyright Agency is a member of the Steering Committee, as are Australian Society […]
March 28, 2024
The Senate is establishing a Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), to inquire into and report on the opportunities and impacts for Australia arising out of the uptake of AI technologies in Australia. You can see its terms of reference here. The Committee has been asked to consider: recent trends and opportunities in the […]
March 28, 2024
On 15 March, publishers who successfully sued Internet Archive (IA) in relation to its ‘controlled digital lending’ program filed their brief opposing IA’s appeal. There is information about the case, and the publishers’ position, in the statement from the Association of American Publishers here. The District Court’s March 2023 decision, finding that IA had infringed […]
March 18, 2024
On 13 March, the European Parliament approved the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). You can see our earlier post on the AI Act here. You can see the European Parliament’s announcement here. The next steps are: a final lawyer-linguist check formal endorsement by the European Council publication in the official Journal (expected […]
March 5, 2024
On 4 March 2024, the Australian Government announced its consultation process on protecting First Nations traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. You can see the announcement here, and more information on the Office for the Arts website here. The development of the legislation is a commitment under the National Cultural Policy, Revive: a place for every story, […]
March 5, 2024
On 9 February, the Indian Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued a statement headed ‘Existing IPR regime well-equipped to protect AI generated works, no need to create separate category of rights’. You can see the statement here. The statement says: there is no requirement to create a separate category of rights for AI and related […]
