Performing arts leaders issue copyright warning over UK government’s AI plans

In a statement, 35 signatories from dance, theatre and music industries express concern about fragile ecosystem'

More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera North and the Royal Albert Hall, have joined the chorus of creative industry concern about the government's plans to let artificial intelligence companies use artists' work without permission.

In a statement they said performing arts organisations depend on a fragile ecosystem" of freelancers who rely on copyright to sustain their livelihoods. They also urged the government to support the moral and economic rights" of the creative community in music, dance, drama and opera.