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Books 3 has revealed thousands of pirated Australian books. In the age of AI, is copyright law still fit for purpose?

Thousands of Australian books have been found on a pirated dataset of ebooks, known as Books3, used to train generative AI. Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner, Tim Winton and Tim Flannery are among the leading local authors affected – along, of course, with writers from around the world.

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Morning Mail: authors fear huge AI copyright ‘theft’, scorching weekend for east, Michael Gambon dies

Richard Flanagan says his soul has been ‘strip mined’ in alleged breach, and the world of showbiz mourns the ‘king-like’ Dumbledore actor

The Guardian - AU

‘Biggest act of copyright theft in history’: thousands of Australian books allegedly used to train AI model

Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan among authors whose work has potentially been pirated by US-based Books3 dataset to train generative AI

The Guardian - AU

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Opponents, defenders of Tasmania's salmon industry as entrenched as ever as fish farming continues to grow

This chef vows he'll never serve it, while a local in a rural community says she is "sick of people coming from Hobart telling us we're unhappy with fish farms" — why is the salmon industry so divisive in Tasmania?

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Premier denies being outplayed by AFL over cash for bid

Tasmania's premier says he was not forced by the AFL into stumping up more cash as part of the state's bid for a standalone side.

AAP

Macquarie Point stadium decision expected in weeks but Richard Flanagan and others have alternative vision

The federal government is being asked to help fund a new stadium at Hobart's Macquarie Point but a group of prominent Tasmanians, including author Richard Flanagan, wants it to consider an alternative.

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Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott's new novel Limberlost captures his climate anxiety and passion for the natural world

Climate anxiety is at the heart of Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott's fiction, with his latest novel, Limberlost, garnering rave reviews and awards buzz.

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Robbie Arnott's eco-fiction uses myth and metaphor to depict a wounded world

Robbie Arnott’s third novel Limberlost follows two impressive earlier works. Richard Flanagan described Arnott’s first book, Flames (2018), as “strange and joyous”. Bram Presser, responding to The Rain Heron (2020), credits Arnott with “singlehandedly reinventing Australian literature”.

The Conversation

Booker prize: it has been six years since an Australian was nominated. What gives?

The prize still holds immense power for Australian sales, but a 2014 rule change made it harder for local books to get a look-in

The Guardian - AU

‘A national scandal’: Australian authors take aim at ‘woefully underfunded’ literary sector

Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner and Kate Grenville call for ‘vast inequity’ to be corrected, as planning continues for national cultural policy

The Guardian - AU

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