Your regular reminder that gen AI companies are not at all confident of their legal position re. using scraped copyrighted work for training, however brash their lawyers are in court documents. They know they might lose, which is why they spend so much on lobbying.

Is This What We Want? hit #38 in the UK charts Plus it's now available to stream / download on Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/is-… All profits going to @HelpMusicians

Along with 1,000 musicians, today we're releasing an (almost) silent album protesting the UK government's plan to upend copyright law to benefit AI companies. It's an album of recordings of empty studios & performance spaces, representing the effect the govt's plans would have on musicians' livelihoods. It's called 'Is This What We Want?', and the track list spells out a simple message: "The British Government Must Not Legalise Music Theft To Benefit AI Companies". Incredibly grateful to the many, many musicians involved 🙌 All profits are going to @HelpMusicians. Please listen & share! open.spotify.com/album/1yUbR… (More links in 🧵⬇️)