CISAC backs Statement on AI training signed by Bjorn Ulvaeus and 6,500 creators

CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has joined 6,500 creators from around the world in a call for the protection of human creators in the age of AI.

The "Statement on AI Training" is a simple statement rejecting unlicensed training of generative AI models on creative work.

Statement on AI training reads:

"The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted."

Signatories include creators of many repertoires: musicians, writers, actors, artists, photographers, and more. Nobel-winning authors, Academy Award-winning actors, Oscar-winning composers, and multi-platinum selling musicians have joined in signing the statement.

For further details, and to sign the statement, go here: https://www.aitrainingstatement.org/

The CISAC community has been a leading voice in calls for policy makers worldwide to put human creators front and centre in the regulation of the AI environment. Further details of CISAC's activities and positions are here: https://www.cisac.org/AI

List of Signatories

Some of the signatories to the Statement are listed below

Björn Ulvaeus, Songwriter
Ángeles González-Sinde Reig, Screenwriter, Film Director and Illustrator
Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Singer and Songwriter
Arturo Márquez, Composer and Director
Kazuhiko Fukuoji, Visual Artist
Sir John Rutter, Composer and Conductor
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, Novelist
Julianne Moore
Thom Yorke, Musician
James Patterson, Author
Kevin Bacon
Sir Ian Rankin, Novelist
Kate McKinnon
Kate Mosse CBE, Author
Malorie Blackman OBE, Author
Max Richter, Composer
Rosario Dawson
William Boyd CBE, Novelist
Val McDermid, Writer
Tracy Chevalier, Author
F. Murray Abraham
Melissa Joan Hart
Rosie O'Donnell
Billy Bragg, Songwriter and author
Lady Antonia Fraser, Author
Roger McGough CBE, Poet
Geoff Barrow, Producer & Composer
Margaret Drabble DBE, Author
Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Author
Robert Smith, Musician
Ed O'Brien, Musician
Joe Goddard, Musician
Philip Selway, Musician
Jason Kay, Musician
Nitin Sawhney CBE, D.Mus, Composer / producer
Paula Hawkins, Writer
Lynn Goldsmith, Photographer , Painter
James Runcie, Writer
Ted Chiang, Writer
Joanne Harris, Author
Emma Donoghue, Writer
Philippa Gregory, Historian Novelist PLaywright
Elizabeth Fremantle, Author
Madeline Miller, Writer
Sean Astin, Actor
Emily St. John Mandel, Writer
Ann Patchett, Writer
AURORA, Musician
Harlan Coben, Author

Some organisations that have signed:

AIM - The Association of Independent Music (UK), Interim CEO
Alex Hanna, Director of Research, DAIR
Allistair Elliott, Union leader, American Federation of Musicians
Andrew Cash, President and CEO, Canadian Independent Music Association
Angela Mwandanda, National Coordinator - RIKE
Anna Ganley, Chief Executive, The Society of Authors
Anne de Jong, CEO NVPI
Annette Barrett, President of IMPF, the global trade body for independent music publishers
Antonio Montoya Hoyos, CEO, Acinpro
APEM, Music publishers association
Ariane Charbonneau, Executive Director at SPACQ-AE (Société professionnelle des auteurs, compositeurs du Québec et des artistes entrepreneurs))
Association luxembourgeoise des journalistes professionnels, Journalists
Barbara Hayes, CEO of Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society
Bastiaan van Ramshorst, Managing Director & Advocaat / Attorney-at-law Stichting BREIN
BPI (British Phonographic Industry), British recorded music trade association
Canadian League of Composers, National Arts Service Organization serving Canada's classical composers
CFDT-Journalistes, Syndicat français de journalistes
Christian Zimmermann, CEO of the Design and Artists Copyright Society
CISAC, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
Concept Art Association
Dan Conway, CEO, Publishers Association
Danielle Coffey, News/Media Alliance
Dataset Providers Alliance, AI Data Trade Group
David El Sayegh, Deputy CEO, SACEM
David Shelley, CEO, Hachette Book Group
David Trust, CEO, Professional Photographers of America
Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive - Independent Society of Musicians
Donald Cohen, Fan Alliance
Dr. Busch, Legal advisor for comités of IMAGO international Fédération of Cinematographers
Duff Berschback, EVP, Business and Legal Affairs, Concord Music Publishing
Eduardo Rajo, Director at Pro-Musica Brasil
Eileen Bramlet, COO Copyright Alliance
Enzo Mazza, CEO FIMI
Erin Benjamin, President & CEO, Canadian Live Music Association
Erin McAnally, Songwriter and Executive Director of Songwriters of North America
Gadi Oron, DG CISAC
Guillermo Gonzalez King, MD for Mexican Recorded Music Industry Trade Body
Gunnar Gudmundsson, Managing Director for SFH,Collecting Organisation for Performers and Phonogram Producershic
Human Artistry Campaign
Iain Taylor, President & CEO, Cadence Music Group
IFPI, Representing the Recording Industry Worldwide
Irish Recorded Music Association, Producer Representative Organisation
Isabelle Doran, CEO, The Association of Photographers
James Silverberg, CEO, the American Society for Collective Rights Llicensing
Jennifer Brown, CEO SOCAN
John Degen, The Writers' Union of Canada
John Phelan, Director General, ICMP
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
José Borghino, Secretary General, International Publishers Association
Juan Carlos Garcia, Director General AGINPRO
Julia Jordan, Director of Operations, Atlantic Federation of Musicians L571
Julia Reidhead, Chairman and President, W. W. Norton and Company
Kathryn Burns, President, Choreographers Guild
Laszlo Szuts, Chairman & CEO MAHASZ Hungarian Recording Industry Association
Laura Holtebrinck, Communications Manager at Music Publishers Canada
Lisa Freman, Executive Director, The Canadian Private Copying Collective
Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO, CILIP, The library and information association
Ludvig Werner, CEO Ifpi Sweden
Luis Esteban Jara, CEO SOPROFON
Marcelo Castello Branco, CEO UBC Brasil
Marco Urban, Photojournalist / Chairman FREELENS e.V.
Margaret McGuffin, CEO, Music Publishers Canada
Maria Elena Ojeda, CEO Socieda de Gestion de Productores Fonograficos del Paraguay, SGP
Maria Pallante, CEO, Association of American Publishers
Mary Engel, Founder and Executive Director, American Photography Archives Group, APAG
Matthew D. Loeb, International President, IATSE
Michael Lau, Music Publisher
Miro Lucassen, Chair, Auteursbond
Music Artists Coalition, Music Advocacy
Music PEI, Music Industry Association
Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland ry
Nicola Solomon, Chair, Creators' Rights Alliance
Nigel Newton CBE, Founder & Chief Executive, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Patrick Buchta, Austin Texas Musicians
Paul Clements, CEO, Music Publishers Association
Paul Leclair, Musician/President Canadian Conference of Musicians
Paul Shaver, CMRRA -Collective Management Organization
Pro-Musica Brasil
Rawan Dabbad, IFPI MENA Regional Director
Recording Industry Association of America
Rob Oakie, Exec Director/Music PEI
Songwriters Association of Canada, Songwriter Advocacy
Sonia Amaya, Directora Ejecutiva Pro Música Colombia
Tara Khonsari, SAG-AFTRA Government Affairs & Public Policy
The World Soundtrack Awards
Theodore Feder, President, Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Tom Kiehl, Chief Executive, UK Music
Tom West, Publishers' Licensing Services' Chief Executive
Tonya Dedrick, Executive Director/Screen Composers Guild of Canada
Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO of Copyright Clearance Center

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