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\n\tSYDNEY, Australia \u2014 A nervous music community was put at ease Wednesday, July 15 when prime minister Anthony Albanese<\/strong> removed any doubt that creatives would maintain control, and the value, for their work in the age of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n \n\tDuring an address on AI at the University of Sydney, the nation\u2019s leader gave the strongest of assurances that tech companies would not have the right to copyright-protected content, including music, to train AI \u201cwithout the artist\u2019s control.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tDJ Quik Says His Son ‘Made a Mistake’ Following Murder Conviction, Pleads With Fans to Stop Asking About It\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\u201cAustralian writers, musicians, artists and journalists must retain ownership and control of their work,\u201d he remarked. \u201cOur laws will spell that out plain as day. An artist\u2019s creative endeavor is their work and their property.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tNo company \u201cshould use Australian books, music, art or news to build or train AI without the artist\u2019s control, and that includes the artist\u2019s control of the price and value of their work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \n\tAustralia, Albanese suggests, has the opportunity to take the lead on this hot button topic.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNowhere do artists or rights holders have sufficient control of their work when it comes to AI training,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that is why the best way to secure the strongest copyright protections for Australian artists is for Australia to be active and involved.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAlso during his speech, titled \u201cAI in Australia\u2019s interests,\u201d the PM unveiled a new\u00a0Office of AI which, with effect from today, would design the new Australian standards \u2014 essentially a functioning licensing framework built on consent and payment.<\/p>\n \n\tWith those words, the domestic music industry, which has lobbied tirelessly on the protection of copyrights, breathed a collective sigh of relief.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe prime minister could not have been clearer: Australian writers and musicians keep ownership and control of their work. Artists control what that work is worth, not the government and not a technology company,\u201d remarks ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cControl of price, value and terms of use are what underpin a commercial licensing market,\u201d Herd adds. \u201cThe artist decides what their work is worth and who may use it. That is how licensing works everywhere else in the world and it is how it should work here. In the prime minister\u2019s words: anything less is theft.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe message to AI businesses \u201cis clear,\u201d she continued. \u201cNow is the time to get on with licensing. Right now deals are being signed across music, journalism and publishing around the world. Australia\u2019s creative industries are ready do business.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRights organization APRA AMCOS echoed those comments, and applauded Albanese for his \u201cclear and unequivocal support for Australia\u2019s artists, creators and copyright holders.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe prime minister has made it clear,\u201d says APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston<\/strong>. \u201cThe future of AI development in Australia must respect creator rights, that permission and payment must be sought, and crucially, the creative economy must benefit from AI innovation and development in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAPRA AMCOS has put a price on what a copyright carve-out would mean to the music space. The PRO\u2019s landmark\u00a0AI and Music Report\u00a0<\/em>found that, without a mandatory licensing framework, Australian and New Zealand songwriters and composers face a 23 per cent hit to their revenues. The bottom line: Australian and New Zealand creators would miss out on more than A$500 million ($350 million) over just four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAlbanese\u2019s comments on AI and copyright follow the Attorney General\u2019s confirmation late last year that there would no copyright exception for AI training. Then, in December, the publication of the Productivity Commission\u2019s\u00a0final report\u00a0on\u00a0Harnessing data and digital technology<\/em>, which\u00a0concluded that it would be \u201cpremature to make changes to Australia\u2019s copyright laws.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tNow, more than half a year on, the prime minister has given his word on the matter. <\/p>\n Damian Rinaldi<\/strong>, CEO of AMPAL, the music publishers\u2019 association, welcomes the PM\u2019s \u201cunequivocal recognition that \u2018an artist\u2019s creative endeavor is their work and property\u2019, and that Australian creators and rightsholders must retain ownership and control of their work, including its price and value.\u201d And his declaration that \u201canything less is theft\u201d sends a \u201cpowerful and unambiguous message,\u201d Rinaldi continues. \u201cPermission must come first.\u201d<\/p>\n Maggie Collins<\/strong>, executive director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM) was among the many industry leaders who made a submission to the National Cultural Policy, and was anxiously awaiting the outcome of today\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAustralia knows its worth, and today\u2019s\u00a0speech\u00a0by prime minister Albanese on the future of AI in this country made that crystal clear, when he articulated without a shadow of a doubt, that in embracing this new age,\u201d she writes in a message to AAM\u2019s members. \u201cAustralian writers, musicians, artists and journalists must retain ownership and control of their work.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRead Albanese\u2019s speech in full here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/australia-prime-minister-commits-copyright-protections-ai\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2285284894-e1784106555472.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SYDNEY, Australia \u2014 A nervous music community was put at ease Wednesday, July 15 when prime minister Anthony Albanese removed any doubt that creatives would maintain control, and the value, for their work in the age of artificial intelligence. 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