Overview
- Nearly three-quarters of UK musicians say unregulated generative AI threatens their ability to make a living, according to the report.
- The study says one in three creative jobs are at risk from GenAI, which it argues is replacing paid work while drawing on creators’ output without permission.
- Surveyed members report widespread unauthorized training use, with 99% saying their work has been scraped without consent.
- Sector impacts cited include nearly a third of illustrators losing commissions or projects, 58% of photographers affected, and more than half of authors seeing work disappear.
- The coalition proposes a CLEAR framework — Consent, Licensing, Ethical use, Accountability, Remuneration — as the government says it is engaging with creatives to find a solution.