"In a Progress Statement published Monday, the UK Government said that its ongoing consultation on copyright and AI has drawn over 11,500 responses, 10,112 of which were submitted via an online survey service, and that 88% of those who responded online supported requiring licenses to use copyrighted works for AI training in all cases. The UK government has been considering exceptions to copyright infringement liability for some AI purposes, including training AI models, since December 2024."
"The UK government has been considering exceptions to copyright infringement liability for some AI purposes, including training AI models, since December 2024. The government's preferred solution of an "opt-out" scheme by which rights holders could choose to opt out of whether their works are used to train AI models received support from only 3% of respondents. However, the Progress Statement noted that the "distribution of preferences partly reflects the large response to the consultation from individual creators and the creative industries.""
"In February, a group of 1,000 UK musicians, including popular artists such as Imogen Heap, Kate Bush and Annie Lennox, released an album titled "Is This What We Want?" in protest to the announcement in December 2024 of the consultation. The official website for the protest album explained that the unlicensed use of copyrighted material to train AI models would be deleterious to the livelihood of musicians who rely upon licensing revenues."
The UK government consultation on copyright and AI received over 11,500 responses, with 10,112 submitted via an online survey and 88% of online respondents backing mandatory licenses for AI training. The government has considered exceptions to copyright liability for AI model training since December 2024 and proposed an opt-out scheme that only 3% of respondents supported. The Progress Statement noted the response distribution reflects strong engagement from individual creators and the creative industries. Around 1,000 UK musicians released a protest album arguing that unlicensed AI training would damage licensing revenues and empty studios and performance spaces.
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