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Poll finds Australians have picked a side in AI copyright fight

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 25, 2026 • 01:01 PM
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Polling reveals 74 per cent of voters want creative workers to control their material as AI firms push to use Australian books, music and movies without paying.

Poll finds Australians have picked a side in AI copyright fight

A new poll suggests the vast majority of Australians do not want the Albanese government to give artificial intelligence companies free rein to train their models on Australian-made books, movies, music and other content.

The Albanese government is currently considering options for a new copyright framework that will set rules for how Australian content can be used to train data-hungry AI models, while balancing the competing demands of global AI companies against the country’s creative industries.

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