December 5, 2024
In September, we invited members to complete a survey about Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). We asked about attitudes towards overseas developers’ use of Australians’ material to train large language models. We also we requested feedback on two AI-related licensing proposals for businesses that are covered by our Annual Business Licence: to allow staff to use […]
December 4, 2024
Copyright Agency was proud to sponsor the Australian Cartoonists Association’s 40th Annual Stanley Awards, held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra. It was a spectacular evening celebrating the very best in Australian cartooning talent. A huge congratulations to David Rowe of the Australian Financial Review for being crowned Cartoonist of the Year – […]
December 4, 2024
The report by the Annual Code Reviewer on collecting societies’ compliance with the Code of Conduct in 2023–24 is now available here. The objectives of the Code are to facilitate efficient and fair outcomes for members and licensees by: promoting awareness of and access to information about copyright or the resale royalty right or both and […]
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 […]
November 21, 2024
New directors join the Board, plus re-appointments. In July, Copyright Agency sought nominations from members for three elected Board Director positions. Results of the elections were announced at Copyright Agency’s Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday 20 November 2024. Anthony Klan with 29.24% of the votes was elected as Author Director. Anthony is an investigative […]
November 20, 2024
The 69th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced in Sydney on 19 November. Congratulations to all our Copyright Agency members who received these well-deserved awards: Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman, and Ben Schneiders were part of The Building Bad Team who took home the 2024 Gold Walkley, Australian journalism’s highest honour, for their ‘Building […]
November 4, 2024
James Barth: The Clumped Spirit In October, the Institute of Modern Art, Meanjin/Brisbane, opens the exhibition The Clumped Spirit, featuring new work by Meanjin/Brisbane artist James Barth (19 October–22 December 2024). The show is the third in the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) series of annual $80,000 commissions for artists and delivered in partnership with leading Australian […]
October 15, 2024
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund announces the three recipients of the 2024 writing fellowships for a total of $170,000, helping to usher in new Australian writing from both emerging and established authors. The Author Fellowship has been awarded to Sydney based author, artist and critic Fiona Kelly McGregor, and will support her to complete The Trap, […]
