The use of AI threatens artists and musicians' own production, rights and income. With just a few clicks, it's now possible to create music, film and video based on real works.

An expert group set up by the Ministry of Culture has just released a report containing ten recommendations on the use of AI and copyright protection online.

See the report here.

The rights of artists and musicians must be secured with the use of artificial intelligence, says Minister of Culture Jakob Engel-Schmidt.

"There is no doubt that artificial intelligence holds many possibilities. But AI is fundamentally changing the game for artists. We must ensure that our artists don't end up as losers while tech companies like a bunch of irresponsible vultures eat away at works, rights and creativity. We can't stand for that as a society," says Minister of Culture Jakob Engel-Schmidt in a press release.

Sharing and uploading songs, videos and other copyrighted material to artificial intelligence systems should be significantly more difficult. This is one of the ten recommendations that Expert group on copyright and artificial intelligence has submitted to the Minister of Culture.

The 10 recommendations are:

  • Effective transparency in training data

  • Effective opt-outs or new rules for text and data mining

  • Improving the framework conditions for collective licensing

  • Pilot scheme for mandatory arbitration to resolve rights conflicts in the field of press publications

  • Protection against digital imitations of people's personal characteristics

  • Requirements for technical measures to prevent illegal uploading and copying of copyrighted content on artificial intelligence services

  • Conditional public prosecution in copyright and artificial intelligence cases that are technically and territorially complex

  • Investigate possible actions to strengthen the use of human-created content

  • Guidance and awareness raising on copyright and artificial intelligence

  • Clarification in copyright law that the provision of artificial intelligence systems constitutes making available to the public

    NOTE: It has been the ambition of the expert group to reach consensus on the recommendations - however, this has not been possible in all of the recommendations, which is why dissent has been marked for some of the recommendations. See detailed explanations for the recommendations in the report.