🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) - Only 3.5% want a new copyright exception for AI training (3% want an exception + opt-out for rights holders, 0.5% an exception with no opt-out) These results are absolutely overwhelming. The government should rule out a new copyright exception immediately.

Today we’re releasing the vinyl of Is This What We Want?, the silent album from 1000+ musicians protesting the UK government’s plans on AI & copyright. Incredibly grateful to Paul McCartney for providing a new (silent) bonus track. And to the many UK musicians involved in the album. The track list spells out a simple message: “The British Government Must Not Legalise Music Theft To Benefit AI Companies”. All profits go to the fantastic charity Help Musicians. There are 1000 copies - you can pre-order one today here: 1000artists.greedbag.com Read more: theguardian.com/music/2025/n…