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CEO Invited to Policy Workshop on 8Licensing of Creative Content
for AI9
As part on ongoing research by BRAID UK on 8socio-technical solutions to licensing9, in partnership with
the Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) and the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
(MTCD) at Cambridge University, the AOP CEO, Isabelle Doran was invited to attend a policy workshop on
8Licensing of Creative Content for AI9 where creative representatives, many from the Creators9 Rights
Alliance and some previously working for big tech, attended this half day session. The workshop together
with one-off interviews will form part of a research paper to be published in due course.
Australian Government Proposal on Copyright Impacts
International Creators
In what appears to be a strong lobbying attempt by overseas tech giants to persuade the Australian
Government to provide a backdoor opportunity to seize creators works from around the world resulting
in back tracking by the government from their proposal leaked in mid-September, which will affect
international creators.
Many creator representatives have reacted with alarm and concern about the change in direction with
the proposed solution which presents two options – A and B. We understand that Option A is the option
being considered, as the Australian government have abandoned Option B from the paper. The proposal
document was tabled in Parliament after a leak.
ACT independent senator David Pocock pressed the government about its previously unrevealed plans in
the Senate. He stated that the compromise would throw protections for creatives and copyright holders
