October 4, 2023

Copyright Agency licensees celebrated in the 2023 NSW Training Awards

In September we proudly sponsored the NSW Training Awards, and Copyright Agency’s Education and Government Licensing team members Liesl Fitzpatrick and Sharon Maguchu attended the ceremony, held by Training Services NSW at Sydney Town Hall. The Awards honour and reward the achievements of students, teachers, training organisations and employers in the vocational education and training sector […]

September 28, 2023

Australian Society of Authors statement on Australian books used to train AI

On 28 September, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) issued a statement expressing the ASA’s deep concern, on behalf of its members, about the use of Australian books to train AI. You can view the statement here. You can view the article in the Atlantic about the Books3 dataset of nearly 200,000 pirated books, referred […]

September 26, 2023

Copyright Agency members celebrated in the 2023 EISSI Awards

Earlier this month, representatives from the Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and the Institution of Surveyors NSW held the 25th Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information (EISSI) Awards at a Gala Dinner in Sydney. The awards night recognises the achievements of NSW based organisations and individuals from across the surveying and spatial information profession and […]

September 22, 2023

AGD summary of third copyright roundtable published: AI and broadcasting

In February 2023, the Attorney General commenced a copyright roundtable process. The first meeting identified 5 issues for review: orphan works, quotation, remote learning, definition of ‘broadcast’, and artificial intelligence (AI). The sessions in the second roundtable considered orphan works, quotation and remote learning. Our post on the second roundtable is here. The sessions in […]

September 22, 2023

Submissions on Safe and Responsible AI available online

The Department of Industry published a discussion paper on Safe and responsible AI in Australia in June 2023, and sought views by 4 August. See our earlier news post here. The Department received more than 500 submissions. Submissions are now available online here. This is one of several government inquiries into AI. Others include: Artificial […]

September 18, 2023

Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist James Barth awarded Copyright Agency Partnerships commission, in collaboration with IMA

The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and the Copyright Agency are pleased to announce that Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist James Barth is the third recipient of the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) commission. The $80,000 contemporary art commission is the third in an annual series presented by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund in partnership with leading Australian arts […]

September 13, 2023

Join Copyright Agency at two key upcoming VET sector events

Copyright Agency is proud to be sponsoring two key upcoming Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector events: VELG’s 16th annual National VET Conference and the 2023 NSW Training Awards Presentation. Join us at these events to discover how we can support you in navigating copyright compliance and content licensing. VELG’s 2023 National VET Conference When: […]

AI Article

September 13, 2023

AI happenings and copyright conundrums

Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) is taking the world by storm. There are developments emerging across every industry with respect to this new technology, and copyright is certainly no different. With a keen eye on international and local news, we delve into the latest trends and initiatives that are shaping the future of copyright in the realm […]