Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

The organisation is described in the report as a publishers' group. The warning concerns Australia's consideration of changes to copyright law as it applies to AI training.

According to the group, dozens of countries were approached to water down their copyright laws, and Australia appears to be the only one now considering doing so. The body characterised Australia as a global copyright outlier on the question. The report's headline quotes the organisation's warning that technology firms are seeking to 'strong-arm' the Australian government into the change. The report does not name the technology companies said to be involved, nor does it specify the mechanism by which the pressure is being applied.

The warning cites the existing use of copyrighted music — Minogue's recordings among them — as evidence that AI training on protected works is already under way rather than hypothetical. The publishers' group frames Australia's consideration of the change as the point at which one jurisdiction may diverge from the countries that declined to weaken their rules. The report does not identify which specific legislative provision is under discussion, nor the timetable for any decision.