UK Music has urged the culture secretary to step back from plans to allow artificial intelligence companies to data mine music from UK creators.
In a letter to the culture secretary Nadine Dorries, UK Music chief executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin warns of the ‘drastic, unintended consequences’ the proposed changes could have on the country’s music industry. The letter calls on the Government to reject the current plan and ensure basic principles that form the basis of the music industry’s success are not undermined.
‘We are greatly concerned about plans to allow third parties to use creative works, including music, for data mining purposes, without the need for creators and rightsholders to provide permission,’ the letter begins. ‘This would significantly undermine the basic principles that the creative industries are based on and runs contrary to the welcome ambition you have set out to protect our world-leading creative industries and build on their success. We seek your urgent intervention to reject the current plan ahead of any decision to take forward legislation.’
Commenting on the letter, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin said: ‘These proposals would give the green light to music laundering - if the government truly wants the UK creative industries to be world leading, they must urgently rethink these plans.’
Read the letter in full.
