Is sacrificing creative copyright the price of entry to a new age?
ABC News
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- Date Published
- 12 June 2024
- Priority Score
- 2
- Australian
- Yes
- Created
- 12 June 2026, 08:00 am
Description
Australian creatives are resisting pressure to allow AI companies to scrape their content to build large language models. Tech billionaires like Scott Farquar Scott Farquhar are arguing for a blanket data text mining exemption saying without it, Australia risks missing out on billions in investment.
Summary
This panel discussion evaluates the tension between Australian intellectual property rights and the data scraping demands of frontier AI developers. Industry actors argue that strict copyright protections may stifle domestic AI investment, while security experts and creatives highlight the risks of uncontrolled data mining by concentrated tech powers. The discourse specifically examines how legislative exemptions for text and data mining (TDM) serve as a foundational element of Australia's national AI governance strategy and its alignment with global tech standards.
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