{"id":38670,"date":"2025-11-03T21:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38670"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:25:33","slug":"australian-government-decides-against-introducing-a-tdm-exception-to-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/australian-government-decides-against-introducing-a-tdm-exception-to-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian government decides against introducing a TDM exception to copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian government\u00a0<strong>decided<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>not to proceed with a text and data mining (TDM) exception to facilitate AI training<\/strong>. Such a recommendation was included in an interim report by the Productivity Commission over the summer, and\u00a0<strong>may still be included in the final report due in December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Copyright &amp; AI Reference Group (CAIRG) has also been reactivated as of the end of October to explore a licensing-led approach to AI use in Australia. This is extremely good news for now, but it only opens a wider debate on the copyright framework and licensing solutions for AI.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-27\/labor-rules-out-ai-training-copyright-exceptions\/105935740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/27\/labor-rules-out-giving-tech-giants-free-rein-to-mine-copyright-content-to-train-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/politics\/federal\/rowland-says-no-to-ai-copyright-carve-out-flags-new-payment-regime-20251026-p5n5bo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFR\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/story\/9097432\/creatives-celebrate-copyright-protection-from-ai-mining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canberra Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian government\u00a0decided\u00a0not to proceed with a text and data mining (TDM) exception to facilitate AI training. Such a recommendation was included in an interim report by the Productivity Commission over the summer, and\u00a0may still be included in the final report due in December. 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