Among other artists supporting the Mail’s campaign are singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, Bafta-winning composer Nick Foster and author Kate Mosse, who said she supported the “possibilities” of AI, but ensuring tech companies pay for artists’ work was “a matter of principle, of fairness”.
Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell have called on the Government to rethink proposals to relax copyright rules in a bid to protect creative talent from artificial intelligence (AI).
In December, Sir Keir Starmer told the Liaison Committee described the UK’s creative industries as “really important” and said the Government was consulting on its proposals.
She called for the Government to introduce a system where AI companies seek permission to use work and offer payment, allowing the creators to “opt-in” rather than the current proposal.
Sir Elton described the UK’s creative sector as the “envy of the world” but said the plan risked giving away that position.
