Under the data (use and access) bill, AI companies would be allowed to take works, past and future, and use them as training data without consent or payment.
Endless studies have shown what a benefit that creativity – music, theatre, dance, art, film, TV, the list is endless – has on the rest of society.
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.
The government’s consultation ends today, but we should be clear: this is not regulation, it is a free pass for AI to exploit creativity without consequence.
Copyright is the foundation that protects this, and all creative work: from music, theatre and literature to film and art.
