All national newspapers in the U.K. ran the same 'Make It Fair' front page this week to protest proposed copyright legislation that could make it legal for AI to read news websites. I spend some time searching for the statement but the QR code was obscured and most of their content is behind paywalls. "This feels a lot like, creative gatekeeping?" says one commenter on Reddit. "I'm not a writer, but with AI I can be." In related news, UK musical artists ran a similar protest, releasing "a joint silent album, featuring recordings of empty studios and recording spaces." They had better be careful; when I ran a silent video on TikTok I was flagged for violating the copyright on John Cage's 4'33".
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