APRA AMCOS hits back at Tech Council Chair over AI and copyright remarks
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Summary
APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston responds to Tech Council Chair Scott Farquhar's comments at the AFR AI Summit, criticizing the AI industry for failing to negotiate with Australian creators and asserting that Australian copyright law exists to protect songwriters, composers, authors, and artists. Ormston argues that the AI industry has chosen to treat creators as a cost to be avoided rather than as partners.
Key quotes
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Every few months, Scott Farquhar discovers that Australian copyright law exists, as it does in over 180 other countries.
Every few months, Australia's songwriters, composers, authors and artists explain why that's a feature, not a bug.
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