This week, the front pages of many of the UK’s biggest newspapers showcased a coordinated campaign against Government plans around AI and Copyright. Your voice is needed: If you have time, it takes no more than a minute, please contact your MP on this link:
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Some of the UK’s biggest newspapers have used a coordinated campaign across their front pages to raise their concerns about AI’s impact on the creative industries.
Special wraps appeared on Tuesday’s editions of the Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Mirror, the Daily Star, The i, The Sun, and The Times – as well as a number of regional titles – criticising a Government consultation around possible exemptions being added to copyright law for training AI models.
The proposals would allow tech firms to use copyrighted material from creatives and publishers without having to pay or gain a licence, or reimbursing creatives for using their work.
In response, publishers have launched the Make It Fair campaign, which saw newspapers put covers on the outside of their front page – criticising the Government’s consultation – organised by the News Media Association (NMA), and backed by the Society of Editors (SOE).
The message said: “The Government wants to change the UK’s laws to favour big tech platforms so they can use British creative content to power their AI models without our permission or payment. Let’s protect the creative industries – it’s only fair.”
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UK newspapers launch campaign against AI copyright plans
The front pages of many of the UK’s biggest newspapers are showcasing a coordinated campaign against Government plans around AI and copyright.
Make It Fair: Don’t steal our Creativity
