February 4, 2024
On 2 February, the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee released its report on large language models and generative AI. You can see the Executive Summary here and the full report here. Chapter 8 of the report deals with copyright issues (here). The Executive Summary says: We have even deeper concerns about the Government’s […]
February 2, 2024
The winners of the 2024 VPLAs were announced in an awards ceremony at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne last night. We were delighted to see so many Copyright Agency members recognised across the categories, with special mention to the winners: Chinese Fish by Grace Ye, Victorian Prize for Literature Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko, Fiction A […]
February 1, 2024
In January 2024, the UK Government responded to a report from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee entitled ‘Connected tech: AI and creative technology’. You can see the Committee’s report here, and the Government’s response here. In its response the Government: confirmed that it is not pursuing a copyright exception for text […]
January 31, 2024
Congratulations to our members who were among those recognised in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List, on Friday 26 January by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd). Copyright Agency member recipients include: One appointment as Companion of the Order (AC) Professor Deborah Jane Terry – For eminent service to tertiary […]
January 30, 2024
The NSW Government released its 10-year Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, ‘Creative Communities’, in December 2023. You can see a summary of the policy here, the full policy here, and the Minister’s announcement here. Copyright Agency made a brief submission to consultation on the policy (here). The NSW Government endorses Revive, the national cultural […]
January 25, 2024
On 18 January 2024, UK-based Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) released a report on the findings from a survey of its artist members on artificial intelligence (AI). The findings included: 74% of artists are concerned about their work being used to train AI models. 95% of artists feel they should be asked before their work is […]
January 24, 2024
On 17 January 2024, a new non-profit company called Fairly Trained was launched in the US, offering certifications to AI developers that use licensed content and treat creators fairly. Its founder and CEO is composer and technologist Ed Newton-Rex, who resigned from his role leading the Audio team at Stability AI because he disagreed with […]
January 24, 2024
On 17 January, the Government released its interim response to the Department of Industry consultation on Safe and Responsible AI. There were more than 500 submissions to the consultation (here), including from Copyright Agency, Copyright Agency members, Australian Society of Authors, Australian Publishers Association, National Association for the Visual Arts and Media Entertainment and Arts […]
