A group of British lawmakers from across the political spectrum have backed a new report calling for market regulation of artificial intelligence to protect human music creators.
The report calls for the UK to pass new laws to protect artists’ personalities from being copied without permission by AI; to mandate transparent labeling of AI-generated content; and to require AI developers to obtain permission from copyright holders to use their material. training etc.
The report was published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music, an informal group including members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and funded by the industry umbrella group british musicand is not a formal report of Parliament or any parliamentary committee.
title Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry – Master or Servant?the report includes a poll showing 83% of UK adults want action taken against the issue of unauthorized deepfakes, e.g. Taylor Swift and Drake.
The survey, conducted in March by Whitestone Insight, also found 80% of UK adults believe the law should prevent artificial intelligence from being trained on artists’ music without their permission; 77% Believing that artificial intelligence’s use of an artist’s music without permission amounts to “theft”; and 83% Agreed that the creative “individuality” of artists should be protected from copying by artificial intelligence.
Polls also found 69% of UK adults are worried that artificial intelligence will replace human creativity, and 62% Worried about the rise of deepfakes among music artists.
“We must…face the dangers that unchecked development of artificial intelligence could pose to British musicians and the music industry.”
British Labor MP Kevin Brennan
“We must… face the dangers that unchecked development of artificial intelligence could pose to British musicians and the music industry,” Labor MP Kevin Brennan reads the preface to the report.
“We ignore at our peril the need to develop policies that will reap the benefits of AI and help avoid the threats it poses. Our core view must always be that AI can be a great servant, But it’s also possible to be a bad host.
UK Music’s interim chief executive says: ‘We need the government to act now before AI tech companies destroy our world-famous industry’ Tom Keel said in a statement.
“Public opinion polling commissioned by the UK music industry shows widespread public opinion that AI companies are committing theft by accessing music without their permission and payment to the creators.
“The public is also concerned about the alarming rise in apparent deepfake images of music stars, such as Dua Lipa and the need for urgent action in this area.
The report makes eight recommendations, including “transparent labeling” of AI-generated materials; requiring AI developers to keep records of the materials used to train AI and requiring them to obtain permission from rights holders; developing a rule that would provide Artificial intelligence-generated content that does not involve human creativity cannot be protected by copyright; and creates “personality rights” that protect people’s voices, images, names, and likenesses from artificial intelligence deepfakes.
“We need immediate government action before AI technology companies destroy our world-renowned industry.”
tom keel, british music
The report recommends that these principles should be implemented through the UK Artificial Intelligence Bill, which also requires AI developers to comply with UK law, even if their AI algorithms are developed in other jurisdictions, “as a condition of market access” ”.
In practice, this means that if an AI company creates its AI in a country that is not subject to copyright law, it will still have to comply with UK copyright law if it wants to use its AI in the UK.
Some of these principles are already enshrined in law in other jurisdictions or are under discussion.
For example, the European Union recently adopted artificial intelligence method Requires AI developers to keep records of materials used to train algorithms and also requires them to obtain permission from rights holders to use their materials in training. However, this EU rule contains a vaguely worded exclusion of “relevant copyright exceptions and limitations”.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, members debate No Artificial Intelligence Fraud Act, which would extend copyright protection to an individual’s voice and likeness.The Senate is currently working on language for a similar bill, known as No Counterfeits Act.
Tennessee has passed its own version of the law, which Elvis Actwhich extends the state’s right of publicity (the right to control one’s identity) to include voice and likeness.
Meanwhile, China has enacted new regulations requiring the labeling of content generated by artificial intelligence, and social media platforms including YouTube and TikTok have enacted their own rules requiring such labeling.
“If we collectively demand this approach, we can deliver high-quality, fair, human-led AI systems that protect human art and recognize every part of the value chain.”
Rachel Lesk, DAACI
While the UK report’s recommendations are widely supported by the music industry, it also has the backing of a number of AI developers, including Rachel GroinCEO of DAACI, developer of artificial intelligence music creation tools.
“The UK is a world leader and exporter of quality music, recording innovation and world-class artists. The UK has the opportunity to become a world leader and exporter of generative artificial intelligence. These two things do not have to be separated,” Leske said in the statement.
“The UK government must and can give UK-based music and the UK music tech industry a chance to right their wrongs. If we collectively demand this approach, we can deliver high-quality, fair, human-led AI systems that protect human art and recognize every part of the value chain.
As well as UK music, a number of industry groups have also added their input to the report, including independent music association (Purpose), this british record industry (BPI), this Ivory Academythis musicians union, PPLand Music PRS.global music business
