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The Guardian — AI · September 16, 2026 · On the brief until September 30, 2026

Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected?

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THE AI ANGLE
Scraping online creative content and social media data to train AI models

The Australian government is considering copyright reforms that would grant AI companies legal certainty to scrape online content by default if they secure high-level licensing deals with representative industry groups. While proponents argue the changes are necessary to attract international AI investment and avoid reliance on foreign technology, creative industry groups warn the framework would strip creators of licensing revenue and control over their work.

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This case highlights the policy tension between modifying intellectual property frameworks to foster domestic technology investment and protecting individual creator rights against compulsory or collective licensing models.

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