The British government wants to move Steam forward with all the strength exist Big plan AI is used and built nationwide, but not everyone is inspiring the rhythm of its drums. On Monday, a group of 1,000 musicians released a “silent album” in protest Plan to change copyright law – The changes the artist says will make it easier to train copyrighted jobs without permission (and without paying).
Album – titled “Is this what we want?” – Featured by Kate Bush, contemporary classical composers Max Richter and Thomas Hewitt Jones and Imog Hepp Hundredsincluding well-known figures such as Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, Billy Ocean, The Clash, Mystery Jets, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Riz Ahmed, Riz Ahmed, Tori Amos and Hans Zimmer.
But this is not Band Aid Part 2. This is not a collection of music.
Instead, the artists have compiled recordings of empty studios and performance spaces—which they believe will be a symbolic representation of the impact of copyright law in the planned.
Hewitt Jones describes his contribution to the album, “You can hear my cats walking around.” “I have two cats in my studio that bother me all day working. ”
To make a more blunt point of view, the title of the 12 tracks that make up the album articulates a message: “The British government must not legalize music theft to benefit AI companies.”
Album is the latest move in the UK (with Similar protests conduct In other markets like the United States), be aware of the issue of how copyright is handled in AI training.
Ed Newton-Rex, who organized the project, has been leading a larger campaign for AI training without permission.
This is a lineup of artists eroding AI. one petition Now he has begun signing more than 47,000 writers, visual artists, actors and others in the creative industry, with nearly 10,000 signings in that figure in the last five weeks since the UK government announced its large-scale AI strategy.
Newton-Rex said he also ran a nonprofit in AI last year, and we have been certifying companies, you know, without permission, basically not scratching and training a great job. ”
Newton-Rex advocates for artists who fight for both sides. After training as a classic composer, he later built a startup – not only any startup, but also an AI-based music composition platform called Jukedeck (yes), which lets people bypass by creating their own copyrighted works. . It’s attractive courts (he said about the advantages of using AI to write music) Winning the TechCrunch Entrepreneurship Battlefield Competition in 2015. Finally, it’s Jukedeck Acquired by Tiktokhe worked there for a while.
After working for several years at other tech companies like Snap and Stosibal, Newton-Rex is back to how to build the future without burning the past. He considered the idea from a very interesting perspective: He now lives in the Bay Area (his wife is Alice Newton-Rex, vice president of Product of WhatsApp).
In short, the album was released just before the plan changes to the UK’s copyright law plan to encourage more AI activities and allow more companies to be established and operated in the UK, and the government proposes that those trained companies allow those Training unauthorized or paid models to use the artist’s work.
Artists who do not want to use their own works must Actively “opt out” If they don’t want to include their jobs.
However, Newton-Rex believes this effectively causes a situation of loss for artists, as there is no opt-out method, nor any clear way to track which specific materials have been fed into any AI system.
“We know the exit plan is not taken,” he said. “This will only provide 90% of the work for AI companies. There is no doubt.”
Solution? Musicians say there may be better protections in other markets. Hewitt Jones – who threw a working keyboard into a Kent port (he fished, broken, afterward) not long ago in a face-to-face protest – he said he was considering a market like Switzerland Distribute music in the future.
But there is nothing in the rocks and tough places in Kent Harbor compared to the Wild West of the Internet.
“For decades, we’ve been sharing our work online because it’s good for exposure. But now AI companies and incredibly, the government is turning around and saying, “Okay, you put it on for free. Online…” Newton-Rex said. “So now artists just stop making and sharing their works. Many artists contacted me and said this was what they were doing. ”
or not, because the situation may be.
Organizers say the album will be widely released on the music platform sometime on Tuesday, and any donations or proceeds from performances will be donated to charity to help musicians.
