The @ukgov.bsky.social were mandated through the Data (Use & Access) Act to respond to the consultation we were engaged in last year by 18 March. Their response is… weak. Pleased that a ‘preferred’ TDM option is no longer on the table, there’s little else to celebrate: www.gov.uk/government/p...

This is excellent. 👏🏽 Reaffirming the law is a good place to start 😉.

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4

Good.

Petition calling on the UK government to give British businesses a better deal with Europe. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/single-marke...

After all the campaigning work that’s been done by so many, if this comes to pass, it’s utterly unacceptable… @the-aop.org @creatorsrights.bsky.social

This is important for all creators in the UK… 👇🏽 #ProtectPromoteInspire #BraveNewWorld #JusticeForCreators

@gofundme.com WTAF!?!

X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130

Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join the fight! goodlawproject.org/s/20d2ac

Project Here.

This is insane.

ChatGPT ass presidency

This: www.londonunderground.live by @ben-jamez.bsky.social, is absolutely amazing 🙌🏽👏🏽🤩

See below for the submission of the @assocphoto.bsky.social to the UK government, strongly opposing the proposed exception to copyright for the purposes of training AI, & setting out very useful context & information in support of their position. h/t @nickdunmur.com www.the-aop.org/uploads/aop-...

Sad to see… massive impact on 10,000 creative individuals: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

chng.it/Chtk6bX6pQ of interest to those of us who are concerned about the behaviour of the #techsector in scraping #copyright protected works for use in training datasets (and no, this is not either 'fair use' or 'fair dealing'). #degenerativeai #ai #artificialintelligence = #AutomatedInformation

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

Looks like #Google are already pandering to #Trumpian #populism…

openletter.earth/cancel-the-c... #degenerativeai #creatoreconomy #createdontscrape #ai = #AutomatedInformation

🚨🚨 So five years since #brexit and I think it is time reshare Daniel Hannan's absolutely insane and delusional vision of grandeur and hubris that characterised the true engineers and believers of #brexit. Here comes the #brexit insanity No 1 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

If #RachelReevesMP really wants to get growth going, then perhaps ensuring decent mobile networks exist along the main train routes would be an easy win. Just spent 30 mins on one transaction that should only take 3 on the @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social route to #London. #productivity #fail

🤖NUJ Webinar: AI & Ethics - 22 January Hosted by the union's Ethics council Prof Chris Frost, join online to hear more on ethical considerations on the use of AI in journalism. W/ @nickdunmur.bsky.social @_FelixSimon_ and @Mathilde_Pavis. Open to all - register here: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...

🤖NUJ Webinar: AI & Ethics on 22 Jan Hosted by the union's Ethics council @profcfrost.bsky.social, join online to hear more on ethical considerations on the use of AI in journalism. Speakers: @nickdunmur.bsky.social @felixsimon.bsky.social and @Mathilde_Pavis Book now: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

I’m so tired of him as well.

www.linkedin.com/posts/nickdu... #copyright #creatoreconomy #mypicturesmycopyright #createdontscrape @assocphoto.bsky.social will be working, along with many other trade orgs representing (human) creators, to try & ensure the UK’s gold standard copyright regime is not undermined by #generativeai

“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

Easily the best description of him I’ve ever read.

This, amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo... from Jon Stapeley, writing for Amateur Photographer, is worth a read. Great alternatives to #Adobe products from Affinity/Serif software and Capture One. #professionalphotography #createdontscrape #creatoreconomy

Thks to @graemedowniemp.bsky.social for asking about steps the @ukgov.bsky.social will take to stop unlawful use of #creators work in training datasets. Hope that @feryalclark.bsky.social will listen to what we ( @assocphoto.bsky.social ) & others have to say. www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...

At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.

Wow… 👇🏽

Follow all or follow some… and it’s good to have stuff in your feed that you don’t always agree with (as long as it’s thoughtful, obvs) 🙌🏽… 👇🏽

👉 Please help me build this Arts & Culture pack for newbies to @bsky.app. 👈 I’m collating interesting profiles and feeds, mostly organisations but will add some individuals if they’re sharing useful information and articles. Thanks 🙏 go.bsky.app/9tbNont

JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY “We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited” www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

www.dacs.org.uk/news-events/... This is a worrying trend, confirmed by conversations I have with #professionalphotographers via the work I do for @assocphoto.bsky.social. We need the Arts, our cultural and creative sectors, to thrive.

Any #photographers thinking of signing the #TimesNewspapersLimited contract, which is an assignment of #copyright in their favour, please think twice… This is a bad commissioning contract!

Ditto!

For those who are meeting us for the first time here on Bluesky, we should say a little bit about who we are. We’re Good Law Project – a people-powered organisation that uses the law to create a better, fairer, greener future for the UK.

This is true also, if you substitute the word, “Academic”, for ‘Photographer’… 🫣.

To all new followers (aka #BlueskyBuddies), thank you, & there seems to have been a surge of people leaving Xitter (soft ‘X’, like ‘shh’ 🤓), & joining this platform, which is encouraging to see. If you have professional photographer in your profile then do give @assocphoto.bsky.social a follow too!

Bluesky reaches 16 million users - bsky.jazco.dev/stats 1 million added in the last 27 hours

That is quite something…

Recent post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickdu... about the #techsector 's desire to hoover up copyright-protected works without permission or payment to #creators

Interesting to know that Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,202,243!

.@oprah - I hope that the concerns voiced by @kortizart.bsky.social and so many others don’t go unheard by you. Altman and Gates have shit to sell. Don’t let this be a marketing stunt for them… arstechnica.com/information-... #degenerativeai #creatoreconomy #mypicturesmycopyright #copyright

This is a really useful resource, if you’re interested in keeping up to speed on the litigation taking place surrounding #generativeai chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2024/08/27/m... #copyright #infringement #generativeai #mypicturesmycopyright

A huge thank you to all our new followers. 🙏 We’d love to get to a big round 10k this weekend. You could help us get our progressive voice out to a few more by reposting this telling your followers why they should follow us.