Kate Bush and Annie Lennox have released a completely quiet album. Here is the reason

More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn, have united to publish a silent album in protest against proposed changes in copyright in relation to artificial intelligence (AI).

The musicians warn that the government's proposals to change the UK consulting law facilitate the copyright of the United States for the training of AI models in copyright -protected material, damage the creative sector considerably and replace the artists in the long term.

The proposed changes would create copyright exception for the AI ​​training, so that technology companies can use copyright -protected material without license, whereby the creators have to submit to prevent their work from being used.

Critics argue that this approach does not compensate for artists for the replication of their work by AI, suppresses creativity and inappropriately stressed the artists by the opt-out scheme.

In order to mark the closure of the state consultation on this topic, the group of artists published an album entitled Do we want that?

It contains recordings of empty studios and performance rooms and symbolizes what, in their opinion, would become the reality of the music business if the proposed changes were implemented.

Billy Ocean, The Clash, Jamiroquai, IMogen Heap and numerous composers, conductors, singers and producers, including Oscar, Grammy and Brit Award winners, wrote the album together.

In the track list, the message is given: “The British government must not legalize the theft to go to AI companies.”

All profits are donated to the charity organization of the musicians, help the musicians.

Ed Newton-Rex, the organizer of the album, said: “The government's proposal would hand over the country's life work to the country free of charge to AI companies and make these companies take advantage of the work of the musicians to surpass them.

“It is a plan that would not only be catastrophic for musicians, but is also unnecessary. Great Britain can be managers in AI without throwing our world's leading creative industry under the bus.

“This album shows that the government is trying to justify it, combined the musicians themselves in their thorough conviction of this poorly thought -out plan.”

In 2023, British music contributed £ 7.6 billion to the British economy, with exports of British music reaching £ 4.6 billion.

At the weekend, Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell supported a campaign against the suggestions, and Sir Paul McCartney also spoke out against them.

Although some AI companies have done business for licensees since then, many existing AI models have been trained with data from the public Internet, including messages and other publishing websites, which has caused many from this sector to themselves against the proposed changes pronunciations to the law.

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Dan Conway, Managing Director of Publishers Association, the trade organization, the book, journal and electronic publishers in Great Britain represents his risk.

“If the winners of Booker, Grammy, Oscar and Nobel are united to request the government to a fair hearing, we have to hope to listen.

“Publishing is a growth industry that supports tens of thousands of highly qualified jobs nationwide.

“We have already contributed £ 11 billion to the British economy and are central to the growth of the creative industry and British research and development and are early users of AI technology to provide readers and learners of the future.

“The message to the government is clear: the great robbery of copyright cannot remain unchallenged. Big Tech has to pay for the creative and researched content that you pay for the training of AI, as well as you pay for your current and other normal costs for the management of a legally compliant company.

“We urgently need transparency regulations to increase the lid in the use of AI to ensure that the enormous possibilities that AI can bring are realized in a way that is taking the growth of the entire economy and for those who use it , are safe and ethical.

“Great Britain is a superpower in the content, and its creative industry, educational institutions and academic research are the envy of the world.

“Big Tech, the fair trade practices and the promotion of the partnership with the submissiveness of Big Tech, build up all boats and deliver for the UK.”