British singers Paul McCartney82, e Elton John77, have come together to defend a rigid regulation that protects artists against the impacts of Artificial Intelligence (IA). The two music icons represented several professional colleagues while the UK government evaluates changes in copyright laws, including the creation of a clause where artists prohibit their works to be used by AI algorithms.
“Young guys and girls are emerging, they write a beautiful song, but they don’t have their rights and have no control over it. Anyone can simply steal their work… We are the people, you are the government! It is your function to protect us. This is your work. So if you are proposing a law, make sure it will protect the thinkers, the creative artists, or you will have no more of them, ”McCartney explained during participation in the Sunday With Laura KuensSberg program.
Elton shared a similar message in an interview with The Sunday Times: “Gears are moving to allow AI companies to pass over traditional copyright laws that protect artists’ support. This will allow large global technology companies to have free and easy access to artists’ work to train their artificial intelligences and create competing music. This will dilute and further threaten the profits of young artists. ”
“The musical community rejects it completely… [Está] More difficult than ever for new musicians and rising artists can support an initial career due to unfavorable financial situations, including high tours. Without a robust and careful copyright protection that allows artists to receive the hard work of their songs, the future of the United Kingdom as a world leader in pop arts and culture is seriously compromised. ”
McCartney had already signed a petition for more regulation for artificial intelligence programs.
“Un -licensed use of creative works to train Ia Generative is a serious and unfair threat to the means of subsistence of the people behind these works, and this cannot be allowed,” the document said.
The petition was also signed by other famous people, such as Kate Bush, Thom Yorke (from Radiohead), Bjorn Ulvaeus (DO) and Robert Smith (from The Cure), as well as actors such as Rosario Dawson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Bonneville.
