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Will Simpson

“The government must now unilaterally drop its anti-creator, anti-business proposal and back British music and creative industries”: The UK public backs tougher laws to stop AI firms scraping copyright material

Dua Lipa and Sir Elton John attend the 29th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on April 25, 2021.

The government have been advised by the public – the people whom they are elected to serve, after all – to tighten up copyright rules and stop tech firms from training AI models on artists’ and musicians’ works.

The results of a consultation have been published on the subject. The original survey provided three options on the idea. One proposed leaving copyright laws as they are. A second was a proposal to strengthen copyright legislation and requiring licensing of copyrighted material in all cases.

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