# Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:00:18+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/31/experts-warn-ai-copyright-changes-could-breach-australian-constitution-and-spark-huge-compensation-rights-case
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/experts-warn-ai-copyright-changes-could-breach-australian-constitution-965667/

Scraping copyrighted material from internet could ‘potentially’ amount to acquisition of property by government, Anne Twomey says Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Altering copyright law to allow AI companies to scrape music, books and journalism could trigger a constitutional breach, Coalition senators and the recording industry have warned, as they raise new fears it

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