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Minister reads out AI-generated Adele lyrics to draw attention to copyright risks

A Government minister has quoted AI-generated Adele lyrics to draw attention to how bots can come up with versions of existing artists’ songs without paying them any money. Technology minister Sir Chris Bryant read out lines from a non-existent song ...

18 Dec 2024 at 16:52

SciTech

Elton John warns AI plans would ‘threaten’ artist earnings as he backs McCartney

Sir Elton John has warned that artificial intelligence will “dilute and threaten young artists’ earnings even further” as he backed Sir Paul McCartney’s criticism of a proposed overhaul of copyright law. The use of copyrighted material to help ...

26 Jan 2025 at 16:09

News

Dua Lipa among stars urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the 400 creatives, media leaders and business executives that have signed a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to protect the “lifeblood” of the industry and back proposals to ...

10 May 2025 at 00:01

Government AI plans depend on ‘more remuneration’ for creatives, says minister

Government AI initiatives will only proceed if there is “more remuneration for the creative industries at the end of it”, a minister has said. Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs the UK is a “content superpower” as he insisted ...

03 Apr 2025 at 11:33

Government defeat in Lords over protecting copyright from AI data scraping

The Government has been defeated in the Lords over measures to protect creatives from having their copyrighted work used to train AI models without permission or remuneration. Peers voted 145 to 126, majority 19, in favour of a ...

28 Jan 2025 at 21:24

Musicians protest against AI copyright plans with silent album release

Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn are among more than 1,000 musicians who have come together to record a silent album in protest at proposed changes to copyright law around artificial intelligence (AI). Musicians have ...

25 Feb 2025 at 08:13

UK newspapers launch campaign against AI copyright plans

Some of the UK’s biggest newspapers have used a coordinated campaign across their front pages to raise their concerns about AI’s impact on the creative industries. Special wraps appeared on Tuesday’s editions of the Daily ...

25 Feb 2025 at 09:32

World

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have enter the legal battle over generative AI. ...

11 Jun 2025 at 17:34

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