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“History repeating itself” say music creators as majors start negotiations with Suno and Udio

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

“History repeating itself” say music creators as majors start negotiations with Suno and Udio

The majors are involved in licensing negotiations with the two music AI companies they sued last year, Udio and Suno. But will they consult music creators before agreeing any deals? Artist and songwriter organisations fear not, but insist that creator consent must be secured before signing any deals…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jun 2025

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus and country star Martina McBride lead transatlantic creator fightback as AI companies face legislative squeeze

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EU Artificial Intelligence Act • 5 min read

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus and country star Martina McBride lead transatlantic creator fightback as AI companies face legislative squeeze

This week saw coordinated creator lobbying in Brussels and Washington as the EU battles over AI Act implementation while the US considers new deepfake protections. Even YouTube is backing federal regulation, suggesting the tide may finally be turning…

Chris Cooke • 22 May 2025

Government should have “leapt at opportunity” to save creative industries says Kidron, as Data Bill ping pong continues

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Government should have “leapt at opportunity” to save creative industries says Kidron, as Data Bill ping pong continues

The House Of Lords is still trying to get transparency obligations for AI companies into the Data Bill, despite the government working hard to stop that from happening. They have again voted to put that obligation back into the legislation, urging the government to support the move this time…

Chris Cooke • 20 May 2025

Data Bill ping pong continues as government says ‘financial privilege’ trumps AI transparency

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Data Bill ping pong continues as government says ‘financial privilege’ trumps AI transparency

Earlier this week the House Of Lords reinserted an AI transparency obligation that is supported by the music industry into the Data Bill. The government has now said it will get the obligation removed from the final version of the bill by invoking the ‘financial privilege’ of the House Of Commons…

Chris Cooke • 15 May 2025

Guardrails aren’t proof of infringement says Anthropic as judge spanks AI company for “hallucinated” filin

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Anthropic • 4 min read

Guardrails aren’t proof of infringement says Anthropic as judge spanks AI company for “hallucinated” filin

Last month the music publishers suing Anthropic had another go at arguing why the AI company should be held liable for copyright infringement on the outputs of its Claude chatbot. In its own filing, Anthropic says the publishers’ amended arguments are still “defective”…

Chris Cooke • 14 May 2025

House Of Lords puts transparency obligation for AI companies back into Data Bill, after the government got it removed

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House Of Lords puts transparency obligation for AI companies back into Data Bill, after the government got it removed

The Lords have again added a section to the Data Bill that would force AI companies to declare what copyright protected works they have used when training models. The government previously removed copyright and AI measures from the bill, arguing they should be dealt with in standalone legislation…

Chris Cooke • 13 May 2025

US Copyright Office report on whether AI training is fair use concludes “it depends”, but generally favours copyright owners

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Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

US Copyright Office report on whether AI training is fair use concludes “it depends”, but generally favours copyright owners

The US Copyright Office has published its report on whether AI companies can make use of existing content without getting permission, because doing so is fair use. It ultimately concludes that “it depends”, stating that the purpose and market impact of the AI are key factors to consider…

Chris Cooke • 12 May 2025

US Copyright Office “raced to release” AI report ahead of Trump firing its boss

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US Copyright Office • 3 min read

US Copyright Office “raced to release” AI report ahead of Trump firing its boss

Donald Trump sacked the boss of the US Copyright Office shortly after it published its report on whether or not AI training is fair use. The two events are probably linked - though it’s more likely the Office rush-released the report knowing that chief Shira Perlmutter was about to be axed…

Chris Cooke • 12 May 2025

UK’s Data Bill passes without creative industries’ demands for copyright and AI safeguards

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

UK’s Data Bill passes without creative industries’ demands for copyright and AI safeguards

Opposition MPs yesterday tried but failed to get measures on copyright and AI added to the Data Bill. The government argues that rather than sneaking measures into data legislation, bespoke new laws should be developed to address copyright issues in the context of AI. But when will that happen?…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2025

“I just don't understand how that can be fair use”, says judge in Meta AI trial

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

“I just don't understand how that can be fair use”, says judge in Meta AI trial

Numerous lawsuits filed by copyright owners against AI companies centre on whether or not AI training is ‘fair use’ under US copyright law. A judge last week considered that question in the context of a lawsuit against Meta, at one point stating “I just don't understand how that can be fair use”…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2025

UK government veers away from AI copyright exception in latest response to controversial Data Bill

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

UK government veers away from AI copyright exception in latest response to controversial Data Bill

MPs will tomorrow try to put measures around copyright and AI, previously backed by the House Of Lords, into the Data Bill. Keen to stop that, ministers are hoping to placate MPs by saying they no longer favour the controversial proposal to introduce a new copyright exception to benefit AI companies…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2025

Seeking to keep copyright and AI out of the Data Bill, ministers promise an impact assessment of proposed copyright exception

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Artificial Intelligence • 2 min read

Seeking to keep copyright and AI out of the Data Bill, ministers promise an impact assessment of proposed copyright exception

When the UK House Of Lords considered a new Data Bill it added some lines about the copyright and transparency obligations of AI companies. The government got them removed, but some MPs are trying to get them reinserted. Ministers now hope to placate critics with the promise of an impact assessment…

Chris Cooke • 01 May 2025