The letter calls attention to the fact that publishers’ content is being used to train AI tools without permission or any form of payment. Therefore, without transparency enforcement provisions, publishers have no means of asserting their copyright and addressing infringements.
In an interview with Press Gazette, PPA Chief Executive Sajeeda Merali said: “if there’s no government intervention, then this is going to have quite a serious adverse impact on the sustainability of the industry […] content creators will have no means of monetising their content”.
The PPA will continue to raise awareness of these issues with political stakeholders and lobby for better regulatory conditions for the specialist publishing sector.
Sajeeda Merali’s full interview with Press Gazette can be read here.
More details on the government’s AI White Paper can be found here.