Australian copyright debate intensifies over AI training
Songs by Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave and Hilltop Hoods were included in an AI training dataset containing more than 12 million songs from YouTube videos.
The International Confederation of Music Publishers warned that AI companies have used Australian artists’ work without compensation and are pressuring Australia to change copyright rules. A parliamentary committee has recommended examining the country’s copyright settings.
- Australia
- International Confederation of Music Publishers
- Australian Government
- Kylie Minogue
- Google Gemini
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AllegedThe International Confederation of Music Publishers claimed that AI had already been trained on works by Australian artists without compensation.
“AI has already been trained on the works of Australian artists including Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave without compensation”
AllegedThe International Confederation of Music Publishers claimed Australia was the only one of dozens of countries considering weakening copyright laws for AI training.
“Australia appears to be the only to consider doing so”
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Artists retain control over whether their work is used to train AI and how they are paid for that use.
“it would be “theft” if artists did not retain control over whether their work was used to build and train AI, and what they were paid for its use”