波考克批评工党为AI数据中心投资削弱版权保护

澳大利亚阿尔巴尼斯政府正考虑为吸引美国科技公司投资而放宽版权保护，允许AI企业在创作者未明确拒绝的情况下默认获取澳洲创意作品用于训练1。独立参议员大卫·波考克批评这一妥协方案将普通澳大利亚人的利益置于AI公司之下，称其政策将"让AI公司可以访问所有澳大利亚人的内容，除非他们选择退出"1。

副总理理查德·马尔斯确认，联邦政府在过去两周内与位于旧金山的科技公司就此议题进行了对话1。OpenAI副全球政策总监安·欧利亚里向政府表示，若无法解决版权障碍问题，"我们的公司还没准备好进行这样的对话"1。OpenAI高管声称澳大利亚现行版权法阻碍了本地模型训练1。

绿党参议员莎拉·汉森-杨称这一建议"令人厌恶"，坚持认为"每个澳大利亚人都应该因他们做的工作获得报酬"1。音乐人、作家和艺术家今年早前曾游说反对削弱版权法，当时有报道称AI公司提议投资规模达500亿美元的数据中心作为交换条件1。

Australia's Albanese government is considering relaxing copyright protections for artificial intelligence companies to attract major technology investment from the United States, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from independent lawmakers and creative workers.1 The proposal would allow AI firms default access to Australian creative content for training purposes, with creators required to actively opt out rather than opt in to protect their work.1

OpenAI's deputy global policy director Ann O'Leary met with government officials and stated that copyright obstacles posed a central problem, declaring: "If we can't resolve the core issue of copyright barriers, our company is not ready to have that kind of conversation."1

Independent Senator David Pocock condemned the approach as placing corporate interests ahead of ordinary Australians, arguing the policy would enable "AI companies to access all Australians' content unless they choose to opt out."1 Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles confirmed the federal government has held discussions over the past two weeks with technology companies based in San Francisco regarding this matter.1 The reported proposal involves a fifty billion dollar data centre investment in exchange for copyright law changes.1

Green Party Senator Sarah Hanson-Young also criticized the suggestion as "abhorrent," insisting that "every Australian should be paid for the work they do."1 Musicians, writers, and artists have previously lobbied against weakening copyright legislation this year in response to these industry proposals.1