TMT (technology, media & telecommunications) trends to watch for in 2021: Part one

Already a fast-moving area, the pace of change in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector increased further during the COVID-19 pandemic, with this trend likely to continue in 2021.

In this three-part series, the Corrs TMT team unpack some of the key issues we think general counsel should be following closely this year.

In part one, we consider: 

• AI and copyright law;
  
  
• FIRB and the new national security test;
  
  
• regulatory changes impacting the digital health tech sector; and
  
  
• key developments in Australian privacy and data law.

AI to challenge traditional authorship constructs under copyright law - Eugenia Kolivos

Creative works produced substantially or wholly through artificial intelligence will challenge the fundamental position under the Copyright Act that copyright only subsists in original works authored by an Australian citizen or resident. We are seeing a rise in AI-generated creativity (particularly in terms