Been briefed – Australian orphan works scheme in the Copyright Amendment Bill 2026
Yesterday Australia passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2026, bringing with it a long-awaited scheme to activate orphan works. Get across it with this briefing.
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WTF now?! #29 – Thursday 2–Wednesday 8 April 2026
It’s all Anthropic this week. They signed an MOU with the Australian government, accidentally made some of Claude Code’s source code public and released two lots of research. Their presence also reignited the local copyright and AI debate.
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WTF now?! #29 – Thursday 2–Wednesday 8 April 2026
It’s all Anthropic this week. They signed an MOU with the Australian government, accidentally made some of Claude Code’s source code public and released two lots of research. Their presence also reignited the local copyright and AI debate.
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