The newly released album 'Is This What We Want?' features an array of British artists, including Kate Bush and Annie Lennox, but lacks actual music. It was created to protest the UK government's potential decision to allow AI companies to use copyrighted music without permission. Project leader Ed Newton-Rex argues this would enable AI to exploit musicians' work. Kate Bush emphasized on her website that the government's willingness to modify copyright laws undervalues musicians' contributions and poses a threat to the music industry. The project's silence reflects the seriousness of the issue.
The good news is that an album has just been released by Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn of Goril­laz, The Clash, Tori Amos, Hans Zim­mer, Pet Shop Boys, Jamiro­quai, and Yusuf (prev­iously known as Cat Stevens), Bil­ly Ocean, and many oth­er musi­cians besides, most of them British.
As a composer, he naturally has an interest in these matters, and as a "former AI executive," he presumably has insider knowledge about them as well.
The government's willingness to agree to these copyright changes shows how much our work is undervalued and that there is no protection for one of this country's most important assets: music.
Each track on this album features a deserted recording studio. Doesn't that silence say it all?
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