Michael Swinson

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Michael specialises in commercial transactions involving technology, intellectual property and data assets. Alongside his transactional practice, Michael also has a strong interest in the development of emerging technologies and the data economy. He is an active thought leader on matters relating to privacy, data governance, cyber security, Big Data and the Internet of Things. Michael is a trusted adviser to clients across a wide range of industry sectors, including major corporates, successful Australian tech businesses and global tech titans.

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Iconic? Making a song and dance about AI transparency

Iconic? Making a song and dance about AI transparency

20 May 2025
By Michael Swinson, Emily King, Luke Hawthorne
In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, more than 400 of the UK’s most celebrated artists and creative leaders, including Elton John, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Paul McCartney, and Shakespeare’s Globe, urged the UK Parliament to protect copyright, ‘the lifeblood of the creative industries.’  The icons expressed their support for an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that could have reshaped the relationship between the creative industries and AI developers by requiring AI companies to disclose which copyrighted works have been used to train their models.
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