On Tuesday, the government’s consultation on AI and copyright comes to an end. There doesn’t seem to be much hope that Sir Keir and his tech-dazzled colleagues will pay much attention to it, though: long before it came to an end they made clear that their preferred plan was to change copyright law so that big tech will be able to train their models for private profit on the copyright work of artists, writers and musicians without permission or compensation.
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and Jeanette Winterson are the latest to raise their voices in opposition – joining a united chorus of the Society of Authors, which also opposes this reverse Robin Hood notion.
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