The Creators’ Rights Alliance – of which WGGB is a member – has today (7 August 2024) written to a range of companies working in software development, including Microsoft, Google, OPENAI, Apple and META.

The letter reaffirms that members of the Creators’ Rights Alliance and the 500,000 creators they represent do not authorise the use of any of their works protected by copyright and/or related rights (including performers’ rights) for the training, development, or operation of AI models, including large language models, or any other AI products, unless they have specifically agreed licensing arrangements with creators and rightsholders.

Creators’ data is regularly being taken without permission and used to train AI, and this is already having an impact on creators’ income and their ability to continue to work.

The CRA encourages all creators to make use of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court to combat infringement, particularly the small claims track option, which is designed to support individual creators running their own small business.

WGGB members can contact casework@writersguild.org.uk for advice on contracts, copyright and more.

Find out more about WGGB’s work on AI.

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