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London (AP) – Paul McCartney urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that it says it could allow artificial intelligence Companies rip off artists.
The government is being consulted on whether to allow tech firms to use copyrighted material to help train artificial intelligence models, unless the creators expressly opt out.
McCartney told the BBC it would make it harder for artists to keep control of their work and undermine Britain’s creative industries.
“You get young guys, girls, coming up and they write a beautiful song, and they don’t own it, and they don’t have anything to do with it. And anybody who wants to can just take it off,” the 82-year-old Former Beatle said in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday. An extract was released on Saturday by the BBC.
“The truth is, the money is going somewhere. When it gets on the streaming platforms, someone is getting it, and it has to be the person who created it. It doesn’t have to be a tech giant somewhere. “
Britain’s left centre Labor Party Government says it wants to make the UK a world leader in AI. In December, it announced a consultation on how Copyright Law could “enable creators and right holders to exercise control over, and demand compensation for, the use of their works for AI training” while also ensuring “developers of AI have easy access to a wide range of high-quality creative content.”
Publishers, artists’ organizations and media companies, including the Associated Press, have joined as creative rights in the AI Coalition to oppose the weakening of copyright protections.
“We are the people, you are the government. You must protect us. That’s your job,” McCartney said. “So you know, if you’re passing a bill, make sure you protect creative thinkers, creative artists, or you’re not going to have them.”
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