Dua Lipa, Paul McCartney and others force Government against new laws
Over 400 creative figures in the UK sign an open letter
The UK Government is considering changes to copyright laws that allow AI companies to access and use copyrighted material, such as music, literature, and art, to train AI models.
The Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to make the UK the “AI Superpower”, and Copyright laws pose challenges for it to occur.
This intention of training AI models without prior consent from the creators raises the tension among the popular figures of the showbiz United Kingdom.
More than four hundred creative celebrities, including Dua Lipa, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Ian McKellen, Elton John and the Royal Shakespeare Company, signed an open letter to the Prime Minister Starmer.
The letter urges the British government to rearrange copyright laws so that it won’t pose a threat to creatives' work.
“Our work is not yours to give away,” the British creative industry said.
The amendment to the bill, proposed by Baroness Beeban Kidron, asserts that creative copyright is the lifeblood of the creative industries."
The British artists demand legal safeguards to restrain AI firms from freely using copyrighted creations without permission.
“We are wealth creators, we reflect and promote the national stories,” the letter from hundreds of creators read, “we are the innovators of the future, and AI needs us as much as it needs energy and computer skills.”
The creatives plead British government to accept Baroness Kidron’s amendments to protect their work and ensure transparency in AI use.
“The first job of any government is to protect its citizens,” the letter states.
