The architect of world-first laws that forced Google and Meta to pay $1 billion to Australian media companies has warned the Albanese government it risks turning Australia into a copyright “tax haven” for artificial intelligence giants to legally steal content to train their models.
Rod Sims, who led the nation’s powerful competition regulator for more than a decade and who spearheaded the News Media Bargaining Code, says it is “a myth” that copyright laws in Australia are out of step with other countries.
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