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UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says
Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector
A consultation on changes to UK copyright law is “fixed” in favour of artificial intelligence companies and will lead to a “wholesale” transfer of wealth from the creative industries to the tech sector, according to a crossbench peer campaigning against the mooted overhauls. Kidron, an award-winning film director whose work includes Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, said pushing ahead with the changes would benefit the tech sector at the expense of its creative counterpart. “The government is suggesting a wholesale transfer of wealth from a hugely successful sector that invests hundreds of millions in the UK to a tech industry that extracts profit that is not assured and will accrue largely to the US and indeed China.”
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