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Australia’s proposed copyright reforms could put its creative industries at risk as the government seeks to attract AI investment, argues Dan Guthrie, director general of the UK’s Alliance for Intellectual Property.

In a Guardian opinion article, Guthrie warns that the changes could let material be scraped without permission. He argues that this could weaken the shared market for British and Australian creative work. The excerpt does not set out the reforms’ details, so the warning is an argument about their possible consequences, not a settled account of what the rules would permit. Still, AI policy is increasingly a question of who gets to use creative work, and on what terms. The paperwork is less glamorous than the models, but rather important to the people whose work trains them.

Discuss: Should governments make copyright more permissive to attract AI investment, or require AI companies to secure permission to use creative work?

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