The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.
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Painting of a woman laying her head on a table with my caption “happy women’s history month to all who celebrate”
Greg: What was the wording on the task?
Alex: Make Achilles invulnerable by dipping him in the Styx. Most invulnerable Achilles wins.
Greg: Dip the baby. The whole baby. They’re not going to hang onto a heel or anything stupid like that.
Alex: First, let’s see Thetis’ attempt.
This fuckery has to be nipped in the disgusting bud.
I can confirm this is just delightful.
Every British writer, artist, creative whatever should read this, get angry at what the Government are planning to do and fight them like bloody fuck. How fucking dare they steal out work and hand it to US tech bros. It’s not theirs to take.
*abandons novel, starts typing screenplay*
An exception for AI training is like an exception for any crime retroactively. It’s a terrible precedent. You buy the right to commit the crime after the event, by lobbying.
They can do this for environmental damage, negligence, whatever, whenever they like.
Cunts.
I have a full on, unimpeded view of a toilet, Richard. I have hours of data on who checks the windows in new surroundings to ensure privacy.
AND ON WHO DOES NOT.
I live in a yard opposite a hotel situated in a very old building. I can see directly into two bedrooms AND their en-suite bathrooms.
I have seen ... things. Terrible things.
It would mean the lobbying by big US tech firms had succeeded, and the protests of the UK's creatives had been ignored.
People's work is not the government's to give away.
If you're in the UK and you care about creatives and the creative industries, please write to your MP!
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I could, of course, be more eloquent. But why should I craft a careful sentence when these thieves continue to steal my work?
Ffs
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
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I have successfully lobbied for 'no politics on the shop floor' at my work. Staff and punters alike.
It's very soothing.
Anyway. It's just bugging me.
swear
Am I the only person who thinks STIGMA, directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark was originally shown on ITV, not the Beeb? I mean, I know how to work the internet and everything is telling me it's part of the original run of A Ghost Story for Christmas. But I sweat I remember an ad break in it.
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see.
He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work.
Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Panel at the 2026 UK Ghost Story Festival discussing the ghost story in modern publishing. (L-R) Suannah Wise, Daniel Carpenter, Ally Wilkes, Will MacLean and Francesca May. The screen behind them gives details of the panel and their names.
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He was a bricklayer, btw. He didn't make the library on his own.
We're not the Carnegies.
The quiet joy of seeing a slightly battered (lots of loans, thank you!) copy of your first novel in the library your grandfather built. #TheWaywardGirls
I see the plan is to bomb them back to the age of consent. Stone Age. Sorry. Stone Age.
And. Press. Send.
Judges reject appeal claiming VAT on private school fees infringe human rights
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The press has got hold of it! Yes we’re making a #bbcghosts movie.
This is great. Happy happy happy day. 👻
I mean, I've had worse Fridays.
