Tom, pictured here at last year’s MU Delegate Conference, spoke to the TUC on the limitations of AI. Image credit: ©The MU.
At the end of March the MU attended TUC’s annual Young Workers Conference at Congress House in London.
The day’s agenda covered a range of topics related to young workers including parenthood and poverty, no-resignation contract clauses, education funding and pay, mental health, the cost-of-living-crisis and more.
MU in action
Our delegate and member Tom Plater spoke on the matter of AI, and how its development in the music industry has the potential to limit the future career of young musicians and music creators.
The motion, which passed unanimously, called on the TUC Young Workers’ Forum to lobby for the following:
- Copyright law is upheld in relation to AI
- New rights are introduced to protect musicians and music creators from any unauthorised use of their works and performances
- Any new licensing solutions developed to permit the use of human-created musician works to train AI:
- Give the original human creators the right to decide whether their creations can be used.
- Give the original human creators a fair share in any remuneration should they agree to such use.
4. These rights are non waiverable and remain with the creators.
Tom was also nominated for the TUC Young Workers' Forum, where he will represent the MU for a second year long term.