Overview

• ARIA and PPCA formally urged the government to dismiss the Productivity Commission’s proposed text‑and‑data‑mining exception, arguing there is no evidence for an AI‑specific carve‑out and that established licensing is working.
• Artists including Holly Rankin (Jack River) and rapper Adam Briggs told a Senate inquiry the change would legalise large‑scale use of their work without consent or pay and risk cultural harm.
• The Tech Council of Australia promoted opt‑out technologies and content‑deal frameworks to let creators block or license use of their work for AI training, and confirmed talks with the government and the ACTU.
• A spokesperson for Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton said the government has no plans to weaken copyright protections, rejecting claims it is siding with big tech.
• The Productivity Commission’s interim report proposed a new fair dealing exception to permit text and data mining for AI training across Australian content.