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\n The consultation ends on Tuesday 25th February i.e.<\/span><\/b> The consultation arises because of what has been characterised as<\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n \n pressure to amend the UK\u2019s copyright laws to make it easier for <\/p>\n Below you can read about<\/p>\n \n What I RECOMMEND YOU DO is read carefully the recommendations of how <\/p>\n \n This government firmly believes that our musicians, writers, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Currently, developers are subject to copyright law when using <\/span><\/i>\n <\/div>\n \n This includes the following in \n the Government’s preferred option is to adopt a new <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n The general consensus is that artists should opt for Option 1. This provides the best protection and should achieve a favourable outcome for creators<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018Strengthen copyright requiring licensing in all cases\u2019\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n This is an activist organisation specifically aiming to protect artists’ rights<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The UK creative industries generate well over \u00a3100 billion annually. We have, quite literally, earned the right to have our voice heard. The key to that success, and future growth, is copyright law. <\/p>\n Retaining the UK\u2019s gold standard copyright protections – and ensuring the law is enforceable and respected in the face of the challenges posed by GAI – will create incentives for GAI developers to enter into licence agreements with rights holders, ensuring a steady flow of quality, human-authored works for GAI training. Without proper control and remuneration for creators, investment in high-quality content will fall. GAI innovation will inevitably stall, and value will drain from both the tech and creative industries which contribute so much to the UK economy and quality of life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n For further information on the consultation, see our summary of \n The Government\u2019s approach puts UK creativity and human expression at <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n This is what DACS recommends you say.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence\u00a0consultation<\/a>\u00a0proposes an exception to your copyright that would \n the AOI urges all illustrators to respond to the consultation This is what their survey of illustrators says<\/p>\n A striking 92.65% of illustrators say attempting to opt out of scraping would be practically impossible without damaging their business. The task would be too time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially considering they don\u2019t control \u2018downstream copies\u2019 such as images on client websites \u2013 directly challenging the government\u2019s proposed Option 3 approach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/i>This is what AOI recommends you say:<\/b><\/b>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n it\u2019s essential for individual creators to make their voices heard too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n This is what AUE says The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has implications for AUE members whose will be directly affected by the increasingly sophisticated way that AI systems generate visual materials. These systems have been trained on vast quantities of copyrighted information without any permission sought from the creators. This constitutes an asset stripping of individual artists and the wider cultural sector, to enrich a very small number of technology companies. Whilst AI can be a useful tool in making art, AUE feels it poses a very real risk to artists\u2019 livelihoods in the way the technology is currently being developed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/i>The AUE Executive, in line with other Creative Unions, are recommending to our members we should support Option 1 which states \u2018Strengthen copyright requiring licensing in all cases\u2019 as the best approach to achieve a favourable outcome for creators. (Question 5) <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Kidron\u2019s amendments aim to tackle the unauthorised use of copyrighted material to train the AI models that underpin products such as chatbots and image generators.<\/p>\n The amendments, which can be removed by the government in the Commons, subject AI companies to UK copyright law wherever they are based and allow copyright owners to know when, where and how their work is used in AI systems. It also requires the naming of web crawlers that are used to scrape copyrighted data for use in AI models.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/i><\/div>\n Please send your responses in a personal capacity and explain how they will affect you as an individual creator.
\n YOU HAVE TWO DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT.\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/b>You have two days left if you have a view on how this might impact your career or your income.<\/b>\u00a0(I may update this post)<\/i><\/p>\n\n
\n here<\/a>. Responses are by way of a survey of questions<\/a>. (<\/b>https:\/\/ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com\/ipo\/consultation-on-copyright-and-ai\/)\n <\/li>\n\n
\n copyrightconsultation@ipo.gov.uk<\/a><\/b>\n <\/li>\n
\n predominantly American tech companies to train their AI models on
\n other people\u2019s creative work without permission, acknowledgment or
\n payment.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Creative industries are among the UK\u2019s crown jewels \u2013 and AI is out to
\n steal them | The Guardian<\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n to respond from both\u00a0<\/b>\n <\/p>\n\n
\n income) <\/b>and the\u00a0\n <\/li>\n\n What the Government has said<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/h2>\n\n
\n Published 17 December 2024\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n artists and other creatives should have the ability to know and
\n control how their content is used by AI firms and be able to seek
\n licensing deals and fair payment. Achieving this, and ensuring
\n legal certainty, will help our creative and AI sectors grow and
\n innovate together in partnership.\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n large data sets to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. In
\n December 2024, the government published proposals to change the
\n way in which this material could be used. This included the
\n establishment of a copyright exemption for AI developers and a new
\n rights reservation model whereby copyright holders would need to
\n opt-out from having their material used for training AI.\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n 3. Initial responses to AI and copyright consultation<\/b>\n <\/p>\n\n
\n December 2024 by organisations including the Society of Authors,
\n the Publishers Association, the Association of Illustrators and
\n the Association of Photographers.[16]<\/a>
\n It has criticised the proposal to introduce a rights reservation
\n model, arguing AI developers should only be able to use
\n copywritten material with the express permission of the rights
\n holder.[17]<\/a>
\n Instead, it said the government should prioritise enforcement of
\n the existing copyright laws to protect copyright holders from
\n their work being used for training AI systems without their
\n permission. However, the Creative Rights in AI Coalition welcomed
\n the proposals to increase transparency of how copyrighted work is
\n being used when training AI models.<\/span><\/i>\n <\/div>\n
Responding to the consultation, the chair of the House of
\n Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Dame Caroline
\n Dinenage, issued a statement noting \u201cwidespread concerns\u201d within
\n the creative industries regarding the use of their material to
\n train AI models without their consent.[18]<\/a>
\n She said the government needed to ensure that its final proposals
\n would protect creator\u2019s rights.<\/span><\/i>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n proposing as….<\/b>
<\/span><\/p>\n
\n text-and-data mining (<\/span>TDM<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>exception to copyright in the UK\u00a0<\/span>that will allow AI companies to mine copyright protected
\n works for AI training purposes\u00a0provided the rightsholder has not “reserved their rights”
\n (or “opted-out”)<\/u><\/span>, underpinned by\u00a0<\/span>transparency measures<\/span>\u00a0to enable rightsholders to understand and manage the
\n use of their works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n How to respond – by various Arts Bodies<\/span><\/h2>\n
Creative Rights in AI Coalition<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\n DACS (The Design and Artists Copyright Society)<\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n
\n DACS is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing,
\n protecting, and managing the rights of artists and maximising their
\n royalties.
\n <\/b><\/div>\n
\n what visual artists and rightsholders need to know<\/a>.\n <\/div>\n
\n risk. The idea that UK artists could have their entire output copied
\n then badly mimicked by AI algorithms, which then compete with them for
\n their livelihoods, is a deeply dystopian one. The Government should
\n not be supportive of this.\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n Association of Illustrators (AOI)<\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n
\n for paid illustrators in the UK. <\/b>Some extracts from its comments<\/p>\n
\n allow\u00a0commercial<\/u>\u00a0use of text and data mining \u2013
\n the \u2018scraping\u2019 of your work from the internet to train
\n generative AI by AI developers \u2013 for no payment. (AOI)<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n directly and share their views. This isn\u2019t just another policy
\n paper \u2013 it\u2019s a pivotal moment that could reshape how creators
\n protect and control their work. (AOI)<\/span><\/i>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\nArtists’ Union England <\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n\n Where you can find out more about what others are saying<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n
<\/span><\/p>\n
\n There are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is \u2013 wrongly \u2013
\n supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We\u2019ve just
\n lived through a few weeks\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
You do not need to answer every question of the consultation and can just write a letter explaining your concerns if you prefer.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n