The Albanese government has ruled out a controversial proposal to let artificial intelligence developers freely mine copyrighted material as it moves to modernise Australia’s copyright framework for the AI era.

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will this week summon a two-day meeting of the government’s Copyright and AI Reference Group (CAIRG) to examine how copyright laws can better protect Australian creators.

The group will consider a new paid licensing model for AI developers, along with ways to clarify copyright ownership for AI-generated works and to reduce the cost of legal enforcement.

Rowland confirmed that Labor will not adopt a “text and data mining” exemption – a measure proposed by the Productivity Commission that would have allowed tech giants to use creative works to trai

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