The introduction of Equitable Remuneration (ER) into Australian copyright law is an important step in protecting the creative workforce that underpins our arts and culture sector. Creativity, journalism and the arts depend on sustainable creative careers. ER helps protect the cultural infrastructure Australia that all Australians rely on.
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In order for Equitable Remuneration (ER) to work, tech companies must be compelled to license training data and watermark AI-generated content.
We’re calling on government to ensure this happens.
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MEAA members are calling for the Government’s News Media Bargaining Incentive to direct all funds raised through the scheme to journalist and photojournalist jobs, target areas of public need by supporting the careers of First Nations journalists and regional media, and guarantee fair pay and conditions for working journalists.
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Equitable Remuneration is a practical, globally tested way to ensure that when creative work is broadcast, communicated, streamed, or used to power AI, the people who made that work get paid – automatically, fairly, and beyond the reach of loophole ridden contracts.
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Introducing ER into Australian copyright law will ensure that original creators get paid for their work and support the sustainability of Australia’s cultural future.
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When you pay to stream music, watch a movie, or read a book, you expect your money goes to the people who made it – the musicians, performers, writers, and technicians. Yet, in Australia, our laws don’t guarantee creators a share when their work is reproduced, broadcast, or streamed. We’re campaigning to change that.
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Equitable Remuneration (ER) wasn’t originally designed for AI but its principle applies perfectly: when your work is exploited to generate value, you should be paid – automatically, fairly, and in a manner that cannot be contracted away.
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Statement responding to the recent ABC report alleging “Aussie Gigs” is a sham booking agency that defrauded gigging musicians by withholding thousands of dollars in performance fees. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident but reflects broader systemic issues across the industry.
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When recorded performances of Australian artists are scraped by AI companies – and AI-generated content is built from those performances – the artist should be paid.
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A 2025 survey of MEAA members has highlighted overwhelming concerns about the impact of AI on their livelihoods and the long-term sustainability of creative and media jobs #PayUp
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Australia is one of only a handful of countries in the world that doesn’t have Equitable Remuneration (ER) – a principle that ensures original creators of work get paid when that work is used for profit. It’s time for us to catch up with the rest of the world, and value our creative workers.
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This week we launched the next phase of our Pay Up campaign - calling for Equitable Remuneration (ER) to be embedded into Australian copyright law. ER is a simple and clear mechanism to ensure creators are paid every time their work is broadcast, streamed or used by anyone - including AI.
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