Paul McCartney has called on the British government to refrain from amending copyright laws, arguing that doing so could allow artificial intelligence firms to exploit artists.
Unless the creators specifically choose not to, the British government is studying on whether to allow tech companies to utilize copyrighted content to train AI models.
That would damage Britain’s creative industry and make it more difficult for artists to maintain control over their work, McCartney told the BBC.
Young men and women are emerging, and they write a lovely song, but they don’t own it or have anything to do with it. The 82-year-old former Beatles member stated in an interview that will air on Sunday that anyone who wants to may just rip it off. The BBC released an excerpt on Saturday.
The money is actually going somewhere. Someone is seeing it when it appears on streaming services, and that person ought to be the original creator. It shouldn’t be a major IT company.
According to the center-left Labour Party government in Britain, the country intends to dominate the world in artificial intelligence. In December, it announced a consultation on how copyright law may guarantee AI developers have simple access to a wide variety of excellent creative content while simultaneously empowering creators and right holders to exert control over and seek compensation for the use of their works for AI training.
To fight against dwindling copyright protections, publishers, artists’ associations, and media outlets, including as The Associated Press, have united as the Creative Rights in AI Coalition.
You are the government, and we are the people. You are meant to keep us safe. That’s your responsibility, McCartney stated. Therefore, if you are introducing a measure, be sure to safeguard the creative artists and intellectuals, or else you will lose them.