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• @policedoghogan @policedoghogan on bluesky

  We're among 1,000+ musicians who are jointly releasing this album of recordings of empty studios to protest the government's planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life's work of the country's musicians to AI companies for free.  —  Don't legalise music theft! ist…

• @hutchingsmusic @hutchingsmusic on bluesky

  No, tech firms absolutely should not be able to train AI on my music without my consent - which is why I'm proud to be one of the 1000+ very quiet artists on www.isthiswhatwewant.com , an album of silent music released to protest against AI scraping of musicians' work.  [embedded…

• @markayresrws Mark Ayres on bluesky

  I'm one of 1,000+ artists who are jointly releasing this album today to protest the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life's work of the UK's musicians to #AI companies for free.  —  Don't legalise music theft!  —  #IsThisWhatWeWant?  —  isthi…

• @GossiTheDog.cyberplace … Kevin Beaumont on bluesky

  “The British government must not legalise music theft to benefit AI companies.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ cwyd3r62kp5o

• @annedudleymusic Anne Dudley on bluesky

  #isthiswhatwewant  —  I'm one of over 1000 musicians who participated in this silent album to protest the government's planned changes to copyright law which would hand our life's work to AI companies for free.  —  Don't legalise music theft!  —  Isthiswhatwewant.com

• @petewishart Pete Wishart on bluesky

  Great to see our artists coming out so strongly to protect our creative heritage from AI.  The AI companies want to take every piece of human creativity for nothing then use it to outcompete our artists.  The consultation ends today.  The Gov't must listen.  —  www.theguardian.co…

• @psbhq @psbhq on bluesky

  We're very happy to be part of this campaign - an opt-out system to stop AI companies stealing creative work (one of the few economic success stories of this country at the moment) is simply not good enough.  —  www.isthiswhatwewant.com [images]

• @flomm.us @flomm.us on bluesky

  ‘In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?’  —kate bush

• @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social Warner Crocker on mastodon

  Love this effort.  —  Perhaps we should all be flooding these engines the same way.  —  1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI |  TechCrunch #AI  —  https://techcrunch.com/...  [image]

• @ednewtonrex Ed Newton-Rex on x

  Along with 1,000 musicians, today we're releasing an (almost) silent album protesting the UK government's plan to upend copyright law to benefit AI companies. It's an album of recordings of empty studios & performance spaces, representing the effect the govt's plans would have [i…

• @bpi_music @bpi_music on x

  The album, which is a collection of recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, represents the impact on artists' and music professionals' livelihoods that the proposals could have. Find out more here: https://www.isthiswhatwewant.com/ 2/2 [video]

• @simonjcoates Simon Coates on x

  No creative wants their work to be used without their permission. The website listing the music artists against UK govt changes to allow AI companies to plunder their output is here 👇https://www.isthiswhatwewant.c om/

• @ednewtonrex Ed Newton-Rex on x

  We did a music video [video]

• @bpi_music @bpi_music on x

  1,000 UK musicians have today released a silent album to protest government proposals to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, as the Government's Copyright & AI Consultation closes today. @ednewtonrex 1/2 [image]

• @damonunofficial Damon Albarn Unofficial on x

  Damon Albarn is among over 1,000 musicians who have contributed to Is This What You Want?, a “silent” album featuring recordings of empty studios and performance spaces in protest against proposed UK copyright AI laws. Read more about it and listen here: https://www.isthiswhatwew…

• @featuredartists @featuredartists on x

  💿#IsThisWhatWeWant? 1000+ musicians have come together to release a silent album, protesting the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the work of musicians to AI companies for free. 🔗https://isthiswhatwewant.com/

• r/blur r on reddit

  Damon among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album

• r/toriamos r on reddit

  Tori is apparently credited as a co-writer on 1,000 UK Artists silent AI protest album released today

• r/Music r on reddit

  Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work

• r/DefendingAIArt r on reddit

  Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work

• r/indieheads r on reddit

  Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album |  Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK's plans to let AI train on their work without permission

• r/katebush r on reddit

  Kate Bush among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album