Australian Digital Alliance

23/01/2025

Please complete this Registration form. You can attend IN PERSON or ONLINE via ZOOM Refreshments will be provided for in person attendees 3 Feb 2025 (09:00 - 17:30) University of Witwatersrand (Wits) (Full Day) - AI for Good - Case studies from the African continent - The Copyright Amendment Bill (C...

06/01/2025

In 2024 new musical works by Mozart and Chopin were found in library collections in Europe and the USA. In these cases, it was libraries that ensured these culturally important works did not become the casualty of loss, destruction or neglect. This Public Domain Day we want remind people why cultural heritage organisations are so important to the Public Domain.
Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken The Morgan Library & Museum

It’s Public Domain Day again! Let's celebrate a rich Australian Public Domain.

12/03/2024

Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has a bold plan for opening up access to research – but not everyone is a fan.

Under Dr Cathy Foley’s world-first open access model, all Australians would have access to research papers for free

06/02/2024

The keynote address for Copyright Crossroads will be given by Professor Matthew Sag, Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University School of Law who will present a global perspective on copyright law and copy-reliant AI.

For more information and to register see our website: https://digital.org.au/forum-2024


Matthew Sag is a Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. Professor Sag is a leading U.S. authority on the fair use doctrine in copyright law and its implications for researchers in the fields of text data mining, machine learning, and AI.

Professor Sag was born and educated in Australia. He earned honors in Law at the Australian National University and clerked for Justice Paul Finn at the Australian Federal Court. Professor Sag practiced law in London as an associate at Arnold & Porter, and in Silicon Valley with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. In July 2023, he testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property in relation to copyright and Generative AI.

15/01/2024

Reposting because you probably missed this on New Year's Day: the Public Domain is a crucial source of creativity and innovation at the heart of Australia's identity, its legacy and its future. We need to preserve and protect it!

This Public Domain Day let's celebrate this crucial source of creativity and innovation at the heart of Australia's identity, its legacy and its future.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year and happy Public Domain Day! 🎉
The Public Domain treasure trove is at the heart of Australia's identity and we need to preserve and protect it!
https://digital.org.au/happy-public-domain-day-2024/


Artwork: A greeting card wishing the recipient a happy new year and featuring an artwork of a kangaroo dressed as a swagman. Public Domain. Collection: National Library of Australia. View website for full attribution information.

21/12/2023

The ADA wishes you and your gang a happy holiday!


Photo: A Christmas postcard depicting a Gang Gang parrot sitting on a tree branch with an Australian landscape in the background. Artwork: JM Cantle, c. 1930, available at https://ehive.com/collections/4899/objects/366876/christmas-card. Part of the Jessie Gibson collection, Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre.

21/12/2023

Did you know the Republic of Korea recently opened the National Copyright Museum, the world's first experiential museum dedicated to copyight?
Korean Copyright Commission

On Nov 22, the National Copyright Museum opened in Jinju, a copyright-specialized city, making learning about copyright easy and fun through exhibitions and creative experiences

06/12/2023

We are excited to announce the ADA Copyright Forum 2024!

Featuring a stellar keynote presentation from Matthew Sag, Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. We will also be joined via video conference by Boris Eldagsen, a Berlin-based photomedia artist, and Dr Carys Craig, Associate Dean (Research & Institutional Relations) and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, Canada. Local speakers include Patricia Adjei, Dr Kylie Pappalardo & Professor Kimberlee Weatherall.

Early Bird tickets are available now, with the full programme to be released early 2024. We hope to see you there!

Discussions will focus on the challenges and opportunities brought on by rapidly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the role copyright plays.

25/11/2023

Richard Speed looks at 25 tumultuous years of the DMCA’s notice and take down system on The Register.

Tracing DMCA's dubious legacy over 25 tech-turbulent years

24/11/2023

An upcoming exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison explores copying and pastiche in early fine art printmaking and its parallels to questions about authorship and the value of creativity in the AI age.

The Chazen Museum of Art Explores 15th-Century Printmaker’s Work through an Entrepreneurial Lens Please note the museum’s winter closing for maintenance: Dec. 24, 2023–Jan. 12, […]