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Australian author decries potential copyright carve-outs for Big Tech

An Australian author expressed frustration over renewed speculation that the government might create exceptions to copyright law for large technology companies. This move would allow these companies to potentially use copyrighted material without proper compensation or permission, mirroring ongoing battles faced by creators in the United States against entities like Amazon. The author views this as a significant setback for creators' rights and expressed strong disapproval. AI

IMPACT Potential policy changes could impact how AI models are trained on copyrighted data, affecting creators' rights and compensation.

RANK_REASON Commentary from an author regarding potential policy changes affecting copyright law and AI.

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Australian author decries potential copyright carve-outs for Big Tech

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ drrimmer Good. So glad they’re doing this - and also that Pocock blew the whistle - “amid renewed speculation the government was considering carve-outs to cop

    @ drrimmer Good. So glad they’re doing this - and also that Pocock blew the whistle - “amid renewed speculation the government was considering carve-outs to copyright law for big tech”… Thought we’d already dealt with this (I am an author & as a surface designer with my publisher…