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The Australian Government wants AI to pay for copyright fees in move that may be more about getting a piece of the billions invested in AI. ARIA chief executive Annabelle Herd of the Copyright and AI Reference Group (CAIRG) has called the recommendation for a text and data mining exception "a radical change" that has been "put forward with very little evidence".
"Artificial Intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy, however it's important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too," Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said.
"Australian creatives are not only world class, but they are also the lifeblood of Australian culture, and we must ensure the right legal protections are in place."
[...] It is a difficult space for governments to regulate as they balance embracing the promised economic boons of AI without cumbersome red tape while also pitching guardrails.
In the lead-up to Labor's economic reform roundtable in August, the Productivity Commission urged against heavy-handed regulation of AI, warning it could smother opportunities.
Among its recommendations was a text and data mining exception – a call that sparked furore.
But Ms Rowland vowed the government would not "weaken copyright protections when it comes to AI".
"The tech industry and the creative sector must now come together and find sensible and workable solutions to support innovation while ensuring creators are compensated," she said.
"The government will support these next steps through the renewed focus tasked to the Copyright and AI reference group."
(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Wednesday October 29, @02:54PM (8 children)
Funny, even the socialists in Australia understand the vital importance of property rights and the rule of law. Take those away, and you remove any incentive to produce the works being stolen in the first place. It never ends well.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by jelizondo on Wednesday October 29, @03:53PM (6 children)
For over 25 years now, I have dedicated part of time to publish my own writings or help other publish theirs. For example, translations of articles by Joel Spolsky [joelonsoftware.com], subtitling TED talks or currently editing for Soylentnews.
All that time could have been dedicated to making money, but not all of us are motivated by greed. Motivation for producing works does not necessarily has to do with money.
(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Wednesday October 29, @06:31PM (5 children)
If people were sufficiently motivated to produce things out of "goodness" or "kindness" or whatever other kind of altruistic reason you can conjure up, other than money, how come communism always fails? Every. Single. Time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29, @07:07PM (1 child)
One part is corruption. Some/most humans are never satisfied with having the same as everyone around them and want more.
Another part, is a centrally-planned economy. This is, more specifically, a large point of failure. Authoritarian states try to control every thing from one location (a large government). This includes planning what to grow and how much, what to manufacture and when, etc. Governments generate a lot of bureaucracy. This results in centrally-planned economies being too slow to adapt to changes, like a crop failure or mass migration causing issues with food distribution. Being too slow to adapt to change results in large surpluses of some things while having dire shortages of other things.
Ideally, an economy based on needs should be able to react quickly to changing requirements and demand without people attempting to make a profit on every step of the process. It would also result in no billionaires, so would be violently opposed by anyone with enough money to not care about common good.
(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Wednesday October 29, @08:42PM
I won't disagree with some of the things you say, but you seem to have completely missed the most significant cause of communism's failure. If people can get handed free food and shelter in exchange for doing absolutely nothing, most of them will lack any motivation to contribute anything in exchange. Why should they, if they get nothing extra for doing more than the next guy?
As it relates to the production of food, this dynamic leads to food shortages and eventually mass starvation for all but the party leadership. Lots of money or no money, when you are starving, the absolute last thing of concern to you is "the common good".
(Score: 3, Touché) by jelizondo on Wednesday October 29, @08:16PM (2 children)
So now I'm a communist? Wow!
I was expecting a big thank you for helping keep Soyletnews running, not an insult.
(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Wednesday October 29, @09:00PM (1 child)
"So now I'm a communist? Wow!"
If you say so. I didn't, but you are certainly free interpret my remarks as you choose.
"I was expecting a big thank you for helping keep Soyletnews running, not an insult."
You know, I hadn't thought of it, but I also help also keep SoylentNews running with all the free content I've provided over the years. I'm rewarded with a regular stream of insults, and have never once expected a thank you. LOL
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30, @12:28AM
Thank you, numnuts.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by mcgrew on Wednesday October 29, @04:43PM
Funny, even the socialists in Australia understand the vital importance of property rights
I don't know about Australia, but here in the US copyrighted "property" (isn't it "intellectual chattel"? Property is land) belongs to "We, the People" and its creator has a limited time monopoly on it ("limited" being defined by congress and the Supremes as "a lifetime plus a century"). AFAIC, they can train their AI with my books and articles ninety five years after I'm dead, or when they pay me for it (despite the fact that humans can read it for free).
And socialism does NOT negate property rights, you have been suckered by the Heritage Society to believe that socialism is communism, you gullible fool. It isn't. Socialism can't exist without democracy and property rights, communism cannot exist with them. The five happiest nations in the world are socialist, look it up.
Your health care system is socialist. Ours here in the US is capitalist. I'll trade you any day! Ours is both far more expensive and far less effective. Can you go bankrupt from getting sick or injured in Australia? You can here!
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