After all the campaigning work that’s been done by so many, if this comes to pass, it’s utterly unacceptable… @the-aop.org @creatorsrights.bsky.social
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Professional photographer all my working life. Also Business & Legal adviser to @assocphoto members. Posts on photography, creative practice, politics and (de)generative-AI. Views my own. https://www.nickdunmur.com
After all the campaigning work that’s been done by so many, if this comes to pass, it’s utterly unacceptable… @the-aop.org @creatorsrights.bsky.social
Please don’t refer to him as “Lord Mandelson”. Yes, yes, I know an Act of Parliament has to be passed to strip him of his title, but c’mon, read the room… 🙄
This is important for all creators in the UK… 👇🏽
#ProtectPromoteInspire
#BraveNewWorld
#JusticeForCreators
@gofundme.com WTAF!?!
I think 'Xitter' (soft 'x', like 'shh...') is a better bet.
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join the fight! goodlawproject.org/s/20d2ac
OBR finds that its projection that Brexit would cost the country £40 billion have 'broadly materialised'.
Project Here.
This is insane.
ChatGPT ass presidency
This: www.londonunderground.live by @ben-jamez.bsky.social, is absolutely amazing 🙌🏽👏🏽🤩
See below for the submission of the @assocphoto.bsky.social to the UK government, strongly opposing the proposed exception to copyright for the purposes of training AI, & setting out very useful context & information in support of their position.
h/t @nickdunmur.com
www.the-aop.org/uploads/aop-...
Sad to see… massive impact on 10,000 creative individuals:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
chng.it/Chtk6bX6pQ of interest to those of us who are concerned about the behaviour of the #techsector in scraping #copyright protected works for use in training datasets (and no, this is not either 'fair use' or 'fair dealing').
#degenerativeai #ai #artificialintelligence = #AutomatedInformation
This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com
Looks like #Google are already pandering to #Trumpian #populism…
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
#degenerativeai #creatoreconomy #createdontscrape #ai = #AutomatedInformation
🚨🚨 So five years since #brexit and I think it is time reshare Daniel Hannan's absolutely insane and delusional vision of grandeur and hubris that characterised the true engineers and believers of #brexit. Here comes the #brexit insanity No 1 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
It is woeful. We’re way behind most of Europe in 4G/5G connectivity.
If #RachelReevesMP really wants to get growth going, then perhaps ensuring decent mobile networks exist along the main train routes would be an easy win. Just spent 30 mins on one transaction that should only take 3 on the @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social route to #London. #productivity #fail
Maybe it’s been switched on by default? Things might have changed as more and more ppl have been signing up!
It might be down to the settings each person has set on their own Bluesky feed. I haven’t switched on any content moderation, so perhaps that’s why I see it without having to tap, ‘Show’…?
I see your post intact, Fi… Strange.
Thanks Penny. Much appreciated and enjoyed the discussion 🙏🏽.
🤖NUJ Webinar: AI & Ethics - 22 January
Hosted by the union's Ethics council Prof Chris Frost, join online to hear more on ethical considerations on the use of AI in journalism. W/ @nickdunmur.bsky.social @_FelixSimon_ and @Mathilde_Pavis.
Open to all - register here: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...
🤖NUJ Webinar: AI & Ethics on 22 Jan
Hosted by the union's Ethics council @profcfrost.bsky.social, join online to hear more on ethical considerations on the use of AI in journalism. Speakers: @nickdunmur.bsky.social @felixsimon.bsky.social and @Mathilde_Pavis
Book now: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
I’m so tired of him as well.
www.linkedin.com/posts/nickdu...
#copyright #creatoreconomy #mypicturesmycopyright #createdontscrape
@assocphoto.bsky.social will be working, along with many other trade orgs representing (human) creators, to try & ensure the UK’s gold standard copyright regime is not undermined by #generativeai