25 February 2025 - UK Artists Unite: Fighting for Creative Rights in the Age of AI
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
Dan Milmo (The Guardian, 25/02/2025)
More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission, as a celebrity backlash builds against the proposals.
It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber (The Guardian, 25/02/2025)
The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer.
Don’t let AI steal our copyright, giants of the arts tell Labour
Mark Sellman (The Times, 24/02/2025)
In a letter to The Times, signatories including Kate Bush, Sir Stephen Fry and Dua Lipa say changes to the law will allow big tech to raid the creative sectors
Creative Rights in AI Coalition launches ‘Make it Fair’ initiative
PPA (PPA, 25/02/2025)
The campaign is designed to highlight the importance of copyright laws in relation to giving publishers exclusive control on how their work is used.
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