If AI needs our songs to learn, then our songwriters deserve to earn.
Giving billion-dollar AI companies a free pass to mine copyrighted music without consent or compensation isn't innovation, it’s exploitation.
AMPAL CEO, Damian Rinaldi said: “They can’t build the future of tech by gutting the future of Australian music. Let’s not rewrite our rules to benefit tech giants at the expense of our treasured Australian songwriters.”
This proposal threatens not only the livelihoods of Australian songwriters, publishers and rights holders, but devalues their cultural contribution and risks decimating Australia’s creative industries.
Australia’s copyright laws are not a barrier to progress, they’re the backbone of a thriving creative economy.
They protect our songwriters.
They ensure songwriters are paid.
And they reflect their right to decide how their own works are used.
This proposal isn’t progress, it’s a shortcut through someone else’s copyright.