October 17, 2023
Earlier this month the shortlisted entries for the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing 2023 were announced in Geneva, Switzerland. The Copyright Agency supported project Books Without Barriers was included in the shortlisting as part of a competitive international field of accessible publishing initiatives. Find out more about Books Without Barriers […]
October 12, 2023
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is delighted to announce this year’s recipients of our three writing fellowships for a total of $170,000. The Copyright Agency’s Fellowships provide timely and crucial financial support to authors to create new work for publication. The direct support to authors through the Cultural Fund, which is the philanthropic arm of the […]
October 4, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
