Kemkomdigi Opens Industry Discussion on Copyright Governance in the AI Era
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) continues to open discussions with various industry stakeholders as it drafts copyright governance rules for the era of artificial intelligence (AI).
Most recently, Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patria received an audience to hear input from digital platform Google, discussing the protection of journalistic works, the use of AI, and various options for cooperation between digital platforms and media companies.
“We will facilitate discussions with all stakeholders to explore the best options. The needs of each sector must be viewed specifically because their characteristics differ and cannot be treated the same,” Nezar said in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Nezar said the government is currently monitoring the impact of AI development on the sustainability of the media industry, including reports from media companies on declining reader traffic that affects their revenue.
“The biggest concern among site operators today relating to AI is falling traffic. Some have even reported losing around 70 per cent of traffic, so they need new business model schemes that fit with this technological development,” Nezar said.
To deliver the right solutions, Nezar said the government remains open to various inputs to ensure the copyright regulations drafted for the digital era are appropriate.
That way, the regulation can strike a balance between copyright protection, the sustainability of the media industry, and certainty for digital platforms in supporting the growth of the national digital economy.
To date, the government continues to keep the discussion space open so that regulatory solutions can ultimately be fair, transparent, accountable, and mutually beneficial for all parties involved.
The audience took place at the Komdigi Ministry office in Jakarta and was attended by Google Asia Pacific Managing Director for News, Kate Beddoe, on Tuesday (28/7).
She conveyed views on several substantive points in the deliberation of the Copyright Bill, including the definition of journalistic works, the use of content for AI development, and licensing mechanisms between digital platforms and media companies.
Google also proposed that business-to-business (B2B) cooperation mechanisms continue to be accommodated as an alternative that can operate alongside the Collective Management Institution (LMK) scheme.