aceBritish celebrities beat AI companies lobbying to get free use of their work. They have a warning for Australia
If you want to state the case against copyright reform in Australia, get Kylie Minogue’s phone number. If there is one lesson to be learned from a similar battle in the UK, high-profile members of the creative industries make a difference. They get your argument on the front of newspapers, in the news bulletins and on social media. In the face of this onslaught, the UK government backtracked on plans to let AI firms use copyright-protected work without permission. The many artists who put their name to various l…
A coordinated campaign by artists and authors led the UK government to drop its preferred opt-out model for letting AI firms train on copyright-protected work, protecting creators' bargaining position.
The UK has not yet set a replacement copyright policy, and the tech industry disputes that the debate was balanced, so the long-term outcome for AI training and creators remains unresolved.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-27
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