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Copyright laws to protect creatives from AI data mining

Copyright laws to protect creatives from AI data mining

Update: 2025-10-27
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The Albanese government has handed Australian artists a major victory by definitively ruling out a controversial exemption that would have allowed tech companies free rein to mine creative work to train AI models. This decision, which was immediately praised as a "critical step in the right direction" by the creative sector, now paves the way for the Copyright and AI Reference Group to convene and determine the next steps for modernising Australia's copyright laws.
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Copyright laws to protect creatives from AI data mining

Copyright laws to protect creatives from AI data mining