On Monday, Michelle Rowland, the attorney general of Australia, confirmed the federal government’s decision preventing tech companies from utilizing text and data mining in order to train artificial intelligence models. The decision comes after a group of tech companies advocated for a change in Australia’s Copyright Act, as reported by Billboard. The decision is a win for musicians, writers, artist, and other creatives.

The rejected proposal was initially presented to the Australian government’s Productivity Commission in August, in a report titled “Harnessing Data and Digital Technology.” The report estimated that AI could deliver a $116 billion boost to the economy over a decade, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

“We are making it very clear that we will not be entertaining a text and data mining exception,” Rowland told ABC’s morning news show, AM, on Monday.

The proposal faced immediate backlash from a wide ...