4 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urged by stars to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

Celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, Coldplay and Robbie Williams are all asking Sir Keir Starmer to protect the creative copyright of their work

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4 h. ago Coldplay and Dua Lipa urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

British pop superstars Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney have urged the Prime Minister to protect copyright law and back a key amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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15 h. ago Elton John and Dua Lipa urge Starmer to back UK artists in AI copyright row

Four hundred creatives and media executives seek PM’s support in battle to limit Big Tech’s use of their work

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15 h. ago Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work away” at the behest of big tech.In an open letter to Keir Starmer, a host of major artists claim creatives’ livelihoods are under threat as wrangling continues over a government plan to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Dua Lipa among stars urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

Signatories to the letter also include Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Russell T Davies and Robbie Williams.

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15 h. ago Dua Lipa among stars urging PM to protect creative industry 'lifeblood' from AI models

The letter urges Sir Keir Starmer to back an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill which would require tech companies to be transparent about the creative content they use to train generative AI models

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