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1,000 artists release 'silent' album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI | TechCrunch

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A group of 1,000 musicians released a “silent album, protesting planned changes to copyright law in the U.K. The album features tracks from Kate Bush , Imogen Heap , and contemporary classical composers Max Richter and Thomas Hewitt Jones .

Ed Newton-Rex , who organized the project, has also been leading a bigger campaign against AI training without licensing.

“So now artists are just stopping making and sharing their work. A number of artists have contacted me to say this is what they’re doing.” The album will be posted widely on music platforms sometime Tuesday , the organizers said, and any donations or proceeds from playing it will go to the charity Help Musicians ..