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@ nina from canada eh
2025-02-25 03:56:35
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd3r62kp5o
More than 1,000 musicians - including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush - are to release a silent album in protest at the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, which they say would make it easier for AI companies to train models using copyrighted work without a licence.
Under the new proposals, AI developers will be able to use creators' content on the internet to help develop their models, unless the rights holders elect to "opt out".
The artists hope This What We Want?, which is released on Tuesday, will draw attention to the potential impact on livelihoods and the UK music industry.
All profits will be donated to the charity Help Musicians.