Screenrights has made a submission in response to the Attorney General’s Department’s Copyright and AI Consultation Paper October 2025.
Screenrights’ informed view is that regulatory reform is needed to strengthen copyright licensing for AI development in Australia, in order to level up access to licensing, particularly for smaller copyright holders.
Screenrights supports the introduction of an extended collective licensing (ECL) framework, based on a survey of our members and extensive research of ECL in other jurisdictions. We see ECL as an effective compromise position that strikes the right balance between efficient access to works and authorised indemnity from infringement for the tech sector; and autonomy, protection and fair remuneration for copyright holders.
