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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would 'kill' AI industry


Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Mia Sato is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Elton John, and Andrew Lloyd Webber are among the hundreds of musicians, writers, designers, and journalists who signed an open letter in support of the amendment earlier in May. In an op-ed in the Guardian Kidron promised that “the fight isn’t over yet,” as the Data (Use and Access) Bill returns to the House of Lords in early June.

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