‘It’s criminal and I feel incredibly betrayed,’ he said of proposal that he allows technology companies to use copyright to train systems
Elton John He commented against plans of the United Kingdom government to allow technology companies and Artificial intelligence (Ia) Use copyright protected works without authorization. In an interview with the program Sunday with laura kuenssbergfrom the BBC OneLast weekend, the musician said the strategy “will steal from young people their legacy and source of income.” The information is from Rolling Stone.
“It’s a crime, in my opinion,” he said Elton. “The government is being totally pathetic, and I am very annoyed by it.” He still called Peter KyleSecretary of Technology, “half imbecile” and said it would bring the ministers to court if the government does not change posture: “Let’s fight to the end.” The singer also stated that the Prime Minister Keir Strmer You need to “wake up to reality”.
Stmerus He proposed to make copyright flexible to allow artificial intelligence developers to train their models with any material to which they have legal access. The proposal would require creators to actively choose not to participate if they wanted to prevent the use of their works. Recently, the government rejected proposals from the Chamber of Lordes that would oblige Ia to publicize which creative materials used in their systems.
“The danger is for young artists, who have no resources to be monitoring or facing the giants of technology,” he added Elton. “It’s criminal and I feel deeply betrayed.”
At the beginning of the month, Elton John It was one of the more than 400 artists who signed a letter asking for Stmerus the updating of copyright laws in the face of the advancement of Ia. The document was also signed by names like Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch. “We, together with 400 other breeders, signed and sent this letter to the Prime Minister, asking for government support to proposals that protect copyrights in the age of Ia“, he wrote Elton on social networks.
The letter stated: “Creative copyright is the vital base of creative industries. It recognizes the moral authority we have about our work and guarantees a source of income for 2.4 million people in the four nations of the UK. The fight in defense of our creative industries has the support of dozens of British companies, including those who use and develop Ia. We are not against progress or innovation. Creative industries have always adopted new technologies quickly. In fact, many of the greatest inventions in the world – from electric lamp to Ia – They are the result of British creative minds dealing with technology. ”
Paul McCartney also spoke in an interview with BBC Earlier this year. “We are the people, you are the government. You should protect us. This is your work,” he said McCartney. “So if they are elaborating a law, make sure to protect creative thinkers, the artists. Otherwise, they will no longer exist. If there is something like a government, his responsibility-I would say-is to protect young people and promote all this to work. So that these people have jobs and make the world better with their art.”
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Source: Rollingstone
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