At last a great measure proposed by Starmer!! After all, if artists and creators cannot opt-out for copyright, why not at least this time open reverse the scheme with the actual goal of contributing to the advancement of arts and sciences? People who are against this proposal forget not only that all cultural works stem from the public domain but that copyright and IP in general are monopolies.

#UK #AI #GenerativeAI #Copyright #IP: "The UK government is set to consult on a scheme that would allow AI companies to scrape content from publishers and artists unless they “opt out”, in a move that would anger the creative industry.

The decision follows months of lobbying from both sides over whether online content should be automatically included in material that AI firms can use to train their algorithms.

Big tech companies including Google owner Alphabet have argued that they should be able to mine the internet freely to train their algorithms, with companies and creators being given the opportunity to “opt out” of such arrangements.

But publishers and creatives have argued that it is unfair and impracticable to ask them to opt out of these arrangements, as it is not always possible to know which companies are trying to mine their content."

https://www.ft.com/content/26bc3de1-af90-4c69-9f53-61814514aeaa