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Malcolm Burrows on ABC’s “Legal Eagles” segment – copyright law and the Anthropic case
On 10 September 2025, Malcolm Burrows appeared live on Katherine Feeney’s ABC Radio program, “Legal Eagles” as the Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyer to discuss legal issues associated with copyright subsisting in artificial intelligence (AI) training data.
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BNI B2B – Member commercial law
Dundas Lawyers has held the “Commercial Law” seat in the BNI Chapter known as ‘BNI B2B” since its inception about 11 years ago. Malcolm Burrows, Principal of Dundas Lawyers was also the “founding Vice President” of this chapter. Each week we network with a group of positive professionals that are committed to excellence in everything…
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Accounting standards matter: the company’s obligation
Australian accounting standards (Accounting Standards) are often considered solely the domain of auditors and accountants. However, they are a crucial aspect of corporate law and governance in Australia. For directors, officers, and their professional advisers, the key issue is not the technical details of the Accounting Standards, but rather their legal enforceability. A failure to…
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Federal Government releases report into age verification trials
On 31 August 2025, the Australian Government published the Final Report (Report) on the Age Assurance Technology Trial (Trial). Conducted by the independent Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS), the Trial offers insights into the technical feasibility, privacy implications, and operational deployment capabilities of various age assurance technologies. While the Report explicitly states it is neutral…
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Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites
On 9 September 2025, the eSafety Commissioner, Mrs Julie Inman Grant (Commissioner), registered six (6) new codes (New Codes) under the Online Safety Act 2021(Cth) (Online Safety Act) aimed at protecting children from the “clear and present” dangers of harmful AI chatbots and other online adult content. On 9 March 2026, these New Codes will…
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Claude AI agrees to pay US $1.5B to settle copyright class action
Several authors commenced class action lawsuit against Claude AI (Anthropic) in the San Francisco District Court. The authors allege Anthropic infringed their copyright by using millions of pirated and purchased books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Claude AI. Anthropic has agreed to settle the class action approximately $1.5 billion US dollars, avoiding further…
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Federal Government publishes 102-page AI Technical Standard
On 31 July 2025, the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) published a 102-page AI Technical Standard (AI Standard) to promote responsible AI use by public sector entities and their staff (Entities). In a media release, DTA’s General Manager Lucy Poole explained that the AI Standard is “designed to integrate with what agencies already do”…
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Productivity Commission recommends AI copyright exception
The Australian Government Productivity Commission (Commission) released an interim report on 5 August 2025 titled ‘harnessing data and digital technology’ (Report). The Report was in response to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ request for the Commission to identify priority reforms related to “the Government’s productivity growth agenda”.[1] The Report stated that the Government’s focus should be on…
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Evidence of economic loss required in defamation cases
Australian Security Academy Pty Ltd v Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 924 (Australian Security Academy) involved alleged defamatory imputations against Australian Security Academy Pty Ltd (Applicant) by the Australian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters Pty Ltd (Respondent). The decision highlights that no defamatory imputations will exist where no…
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