Big Tech wants a free ride. The Productivity Commission is floating reforms to copyright law that would let tech giants mine Australian creative works songs, stories, journalism without permission or payment.
It’s the latest push in a global land grab where public creativity is scraped into private profit. But while Silicon Valley protects its own source code and algorithms, it’s our work that gets plundered.
Who benefits, and who pays the price?
Watch as we break down the politics, the lobbying, and the stakes for Australia’s artists, authors, and journalists.
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Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
