Australian music industry warns on AI copyright weakening

Australia's music industry warned at a parliamentary hearing that weakening copyright protections to attract OpenAI and Anthropic could turn the country into a 'Trojan horse for Big AI'. ARIA and PPCA chief executive urged AI developers to negotiate licensing deals rather than seek changes to copyright law.

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