June 18, 2024
UWA Publishing and the Copyright Agency is excited to be announcing the winner of the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award: Kaya Ortiz for their unpublished poetry manuscript Past and Parallel Lives. Kaya will receive a publishing contract and manuscript development with UWA Publishing and $10,000 prize money courtesy of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Past and […]
June 14, 2024
Last week the 2024 ITECA Conference (ITEC24) was held at the QT Hotel Gold Coast from 5-7 June. Copyright Agency exhibited at the event, alongside approximately 20 other organisations. There were more than 200 delegates at the conference, primarily representing independent higher education providers and RTOs. The conference brings together industry leaders, educators and policymakers in tertiary […]
June 12, 2024
Congratulations to our members who were among those recognised in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List. Members of the Order (AM) Previous Copyright Agency Board Director and artist Dr Bronwyn Bancroft was recognised as a member for significant service to the arts, and to the Indigenous community. Emeritus Professor Elivio Bonello was recognised for significant service […]
June 11, 2024
Kurrajong-based artist Laura Jones has won the 2024 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Australian writer Tim Winton. The announcement was made at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday, after the winning piece was chosen from 1,005 entries and 57 finalists. The Archibald, which has been running since 1921, is the most […]
May 30, 2024
On 28 May, the UK Parliament’s House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee released a report entitled ‘Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)’. The report addresses 12 challenges, one of which is ‘The Intellectual Property and Copyright Challenge’. Its recommendation is: The Government should broker a fair, sustainable solution based around a licensing framework governing […]
May 29, 2024
In a speech to the Australian Financial Review Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit (here) the Minister for Industry and Science (Ed Husic) talked about building trust in AI in the Australian community to boost adoption of AI in Australia. He referred to current issues that are eroding trust in AI, including the unauthorised use of creators’ […]
May 27, 2024
The Japan Copyright Office, part of the Japanese Government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, has published ‘General Understanding on AI and Copyright in Japan: Overview’ (May 2024). The document is available here, and there is a link to it from the webpage for the Copyright Subdivision of the Culture Council of the Agency for Cultural Affairs here. […]
May 27, 2024
On 22 May, Newscorp and OpenAI announced a multi-year licensing deal. You can see NewsCorp’s announcement here, and OpenAI’s announcement here. The deal follows others between OpenAI and media companies, including with the Financial Times (here).
