UK plans to amend laws to relax AI training: music industry strongly opposes, calling for "real control"

The British government is considering changing the law to allow artificial intelligence companies to use creators' online content to train their models unless the creator explicitly opts out of the system. The move triggered strong opposition from the music industry, with former Beatle Paul McCartney publicly expressing concerns, warning that it would lead to a "Wild West" situation where creative works would lose their due. Copyright protection.

In an interview with the BBC, McCartney urged the government to reconsider the approach and highlighted the potential threat it posed to emerging artists: "Young boys, girls come up and they write a beautiful song, but they But they don’t own it.” He believes that creators should get the benefits of their works instead of letting others profit from them.

Despite having collaborated with an AI on the Beatles' last song, "Now and Then," McCartney made clear: "I think AI is great and it can do a lot of great things. But it shouldn't "It doesn't make sense to take away creative people."

While the UK government promises to give creators "real control" and transparency, critics say the proposed "opt-out" system places an unfair burden on artists to track and object to each AI company individually. companies, which is often better for data collectors.

Tom Keel of the British Music Association also said: "There is no evidence that creative staff can effectively 'opt out' of being trained on AI systems, so this apparent concession does not reassure those working in music."

At present, YouTube's approach may provide a reference path for this controversy. They allow creators to choose which AI companies can use their content, and may implement systematic payment for training data. However, achieving this requires coordination across platforms and countries.

In fact, the courts have also begun to intervene. Major record labels in the United States are taking legal action against artificial intelligence music generators, and Germany's Gema has also sued Suno.ai and ChatGPT over the use of lyrics.