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Legendary musician Paul McCartney is warn againstproposed changes to U.K. right of first publication lawthat would allow tech companies to freely train their models on online cognitive content unless the right of first publication holders actively opt out .
Inexcerpts of an consultation with the BBC , McCartney said the government needs to do more to protect player and other artists .
“ We ’re the people , you ’re the government ! ” he say . “ You ’re suppose to protect us . That ’s your job . So if you ’re putting through a bill , make trusted you protect the creative thinkers , the creative artists , or you ’re not going to have them . ”
McCartney is n’t necessarily opposed to the habit of AI in creating music — indeed , he took reward of the engineering last year to clean up an honest-to-goodness John Lennon demonstration and produce what McCartney called“the last Beatles record . ”However , he suggest that AI ( or at least AI with a at large overture to copyright ) perplex an economic threat to artists .
“ You get youthful guys , girls , coming up , and they compose a beautiful song , and they do n’t own it , and they do n’t have anything to do with it , and anyone who wants can just rip it off , ” McCartney tell .
add together that “ the money ’s going somewhere , ” he say the financial payoff for make a hitting song should go to the artist , not just “ some tech heavyweight somewhere . ”