Artistic Giants Warn Labour: Protect Copyright from AI Theft

Over 1,000 musicians, such as Kate Bush and Cat Stevens, collaborated on a silent album to oppose potential alterations to Britain's copyright regulations. These changes could grant AI companies the ability to utilize their work without fair compensation. If enacted, the revisions would enable AI developers to utilize copyrighted material unless creators explicitly decline, thereby negating current copyright safeguards. Annie Lennox and other artists have condemned the proposed changes as a departure from fundamental copyright principles, cautioning that it may exploit their work and damage the creative sector. The album of protest, titled 'Is This What We Want?' signifies the artists' concern that these legal modifications could diminish the impact of their artistic expressions in the future.