Does this mean setting libtorrent’s user agent to “OpenAI” puts you beyond the scope of copyright enforcement now?
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Peers wanted an amendment to the drably-titled Data (Use and Access) Bill which would have forced tech companies to declare their use of copyright material when training AI tools.
Without it, they argued, tech firms would be given free rein to help themselves to UK content without paying for it, and then train their AI products to mimic it, putting human artists out of work.
That would be “committing theft, thievery on a high scale”, Sir Elton John told the BBC.
He was one of a number of household names from the UK creative industries, including Sir Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa to oppose the government.
The government refused the amendment. It says it is already carrying out a separate consultation around copyright and it wants to wait for the outcome of that.
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The government refused the amendment. It says it is already carrying out a separate consultation around copyright and it wants to wait for the outcome of that.
If the bill has already passed they’ve not waited for anything. Be interesting to see how artists - smaller artists - respond. One possible outcome might be them removing all electronic music from bandcamp, streaming etc and just selling vinyl etc.
Sounds insufficient to me. We need heavy regulation to protect artists.
