Thousands of creatives in AI warning

22 October 2024 - Press release

A joint statement from 10,000+ creative professionals and organisations protesting the unlicensed use of creative works to train generative AI models.
"The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”

UK Music Chief Executive Tom Kiehl said:

"I am very pleased to have signed this statement on behalf of UK Music. The music industry is delivering huge cultural and economic benefits now, why put this at risk and undermine the very framework that delivers this success?"

Sophie Jones, BPI Chief Strategy Officer
While the British music industry is already embracing AI's many positive use-cases, it is also our firm view that a broad copyright exception for text and data mining by AI firms would be hugely damaging to the UK's creative industries.
Copyright serves to safeguard the value of human creativity, while also driving value in the wider music and creative industries. If the UK is to remain a global creative powerhouse in an increasingly competitive world, the Government must ensure that it is respected and enforced.
This means requiring AI firms to seek authorisation before taking copyrighted content, coupled with transparency obligations, including record keeping, to enable a healthy and fair market to flourish.

Gee Davy, AIM's interim CEO says: "On behalf of the UK's independent music community - businesses who are proud to work in partnership with artists - we support this statement from Fairly Trained. To achieve the benefits of AI for creativity, we urge policymakers not to lose sight of the need for strong copyright protections. This is vital to ensure a healthy future for those who create, invest in and release music across genres and all communities, regions and nations of the UK."

"The Council Of Music Makers (FAC, MMF, MU, Ivors, MPG) wholeheartedly endorses this statement. To be clear, the people behind the music are the music-makers. It is paramount that explicit consent is sought from music-makers before their music is used to train AI - including by rightsholders when negotiating licensing deals with AI companies - and music-makers must be fairly compensated from use of their work in this way".

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