May 27, 2024
A Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society has been established inquire into and report on the influence and impacts of social media on Australian society. Its terms of reference include: (a) the use of age verification to protect Australian children from social media; (b) the decision of Meta to abandon deals […]
May 27, 2024
The House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training is conducting an inquiry into automated decision making and machine learning techniques in the workplace. The Terms of Reference (here) include: the benefits for productivity, skills development, career progression and job creation in Australia; the role of business software and regulatory technology (‘Reg Tech’) in improving […]
May 16, 2024
Perpetual, the trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, today announced ten authors have been included on the 2024 longlist. They will be competing for one of the most recognised literary prizes in Australia, with the winner also receiving $60,000. Selected from 104 books, the Award celebrates novels of the highest literary merit that tell […]
May 16, 2024
Kirsty Murray has stepped down from the Board after serving for four years as a Director. Kirsty was nominated by the Australian Society of Authors and appointed to the Board in 2020. During her time with Copyright Agency Kirsty has shared significant insight into the experiences of our author members and been a strong advocate […]
May 10, 2024
Our Visual Arts licensing team have been working closely with the National Gallery and its partner venues as part of their Sharing the National Collection initiative, offering simple licence solutions to cover marketing and promotional uses. The initiative, launched last year and supported by the Australian Government’s cultural policy, Revive, has seen iconic pieces from […]
May 9, 2024
On 17 April, the UK Government responded to the February 2024 report from the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on large language models and generative AI. There is information about that report here. It included comments and recommendations regarding copyright compliance and transparency. You can see the UK Government’s response here. It includes […]
May 8, 2024
You may have heard the news or read our earlier articles here and here. Whether you have or not, here’s a quick recap of key points: Reciprocity started: 31 March 2024 Reciprocating countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. More countries […]
May 6, 2024
The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music has published a report with recommendations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and music. You can see the report here. The report also includes some results of research on attitudes to AI and music (full results of survey here). The research outcomes included: Over four out of five (83%) […]
