Change the proposed 'opt out' policy around AI models scraping copyrighted works

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

To debate as a matter of great urgency the proposal to allow the Silicon Valley Big Tech oligarchs to scrape copyrighted content created by UK content creators to train their generative AI systems. The current proposals mean creators have to 'opt out' of allowing these systems access to their works.

The UK creative industries as a whole bring in billions of pounds worth of revenue into the economy each year. If this proposal is allowed to go through a vast amount of this revenue will be siphoned off to the Silicon Valley tech giants. Potentially there will be no economic model for real artists producing new work to support themselves and very likely spell the end of the UK creative industries.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

5 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
22 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Department Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rejected 22 Apr 2025

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