Received from: Equity
Merged into composite C10
Congress notes that:
i. creative workers are the backbone of the UK’s world-leading performing arts and entertainment industry, yet often find themselves in precarious working conditions
ii. generative AI continues to transform work in the industry, as engagers turn to AI to create, for example, synthesised voice content, a digital replica of a performer or to train foundational AI models
iii. artists frequently find that their image, likeness or voice has been used in generative AI without consent or remuneration, for uses beyond those originally agreed, and for which engagers rely on broad transfers of intellectual property rights
iv. meanwhile, the government intends to weaken the protection provided by the copyright regime, by introducing an exception to copyright where content is used for the purpose of training AI.
Therefore, Congress calls on the TUC to:
a. campaign for the implementation in full of AI for Creative Workers: a TUC manifesto
b. lobby government to introduce a regime of personality rights, under which artists could better protect and licence their voice, likeness and other aspects of their personal image
c. work with the government and its newly created Information Commissioner to push for improved enforcement of data protection rights in respect of generative AI
d. campaign against the government’s intended introduction of a “text and data mining exception” to copyright protection.
Equity
AMENDMENT
In bullet i., insert “industry” after “creative”.
Add new bullets after bullet d.:
“e. ensure ethical guidelines are developed for backstage, technical and other non-performing roles on use of generative AI tools and content”
“f. advocate for protections for backstage, technical, and support workers whose skills, labour or roles are impacted by generative AI, including where no IP or copyright protections apply.”
Prospect