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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 December 2024

Debate

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

Contribution

AI of course has huge benefits in other areas, as we have heard this afternoon, not least in the arts and creative industries. The famous example that comes to mind is the “Get Back” documentary on the Beatles, directed by Peter Jackson; but, as Paul McCartney pointed out this week, it is not just the famous and secure who are in danger of having their work scraped. It will also include those at the beginning of their careers, and those who have just enough work to survive, and that includes those fine artists and illustrators who have been engaged in lawsuits in America over precisely these concerns, whose work in film and animation are threatened. In art and design, we are talking about a huge range of work—everyone from fine artists to bespoke craft and artisanship are potentially in the firing line.

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