Petition · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ban artificial intelligence-produced imagery and art from being copyrighted

Closed 1,080 signatures

What the petition asks

For many artists, graphic designers and animators out there, I feel the rise of artificial intelligence taking over their jobs has grown to be a major concern. I think the thought of copyrighting AI imagery is a ludicrous idea, since we think it could be stealing other copyrighted artwork.
As an artist, I have expressed a displeasure on how some of these so-called "artists" have been making use of artificial intelligence tools to produce an image from basic word prompts, taking and mashing up pre-existing images from other sources, including already copyrighted content as well as smaller artists who earn a living.

Timeline

10 Mar 2025 Petition opened for signatures
10 Sep 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,080
Status Closed
Department Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Opened 10 Mar 2025
Closed 10 Sep 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 1 Aug 2026.