Lords warn AI copyright changes could harm creative sector

Lords warn AI copyright changes could harm creative sector

: House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth

UK Lords Demand AI Limits to Protect Creative Jobs

A House of Lords committee is urging the UK government to impose stricter limits on how AI companies use copyrighted material, arguing that the country should not trade away its creative industries for uncertain AI gains. The warning comes from a new report that puts copyright, transparency, and licensing at the center of the UK’s AI debate, as pressure grows on governments to decide how generative AI should be trained on books, music, journalis…

UK Government Looks to Allow AI Firms to Use Copyright-Protected without Owner’s Consent, Drawing Ire from Artists

For the past two months, the UK government has been consulting on a legal overhaul of its intellectual property laws, with a particular focus on AI.

House of Lords Report Would Undercut UK AI Development: Banning Foreign-Trained AI Damages UK’s Leadership in Innovation

The House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee released a report today on copyright and AI that, if adopted, would significantly damage the UK’s AI ambitions. The report amplifies the false narrative that technology and creativity are at odds, and that existing rights holders must be compensated by AI companies for changing industry dynamics.   “This report takes a self-defeating approach to generative AI that would undercut the UK’s l…

House of Lords committee says GenAI poses “substantial material risks” to UK creators

A new report warns that weakening the UK’s ‘gold standard’ copyright framework will create “predictable harms” for rights holders, without significantly expanding the country’s AI sector.

Lords tell UK government it needs to “choose between two AI futures”, before backing the kind of future the music industry wants

With the UK government obliged to provide an update on its plans around copyright and AI later this month, the Communications And Digital Committee in the House Of Lords has put out a report that basically endorses everything the music and wider copyright industries have been calling for. So that means: no new copyright exceptions for AI companies; legal obligations for AI firms to be transparent about training data; and new protections around d…