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Comment by Philippa Childs

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Head of Bectu, the UK trade union for creative-industry workers.
Bectu has been clear that any model which places the burden on individual creators to ‘opt-out’ of the use of copyrighted work for AI training is unworkable, unfair and disproportionately harms freelancers.
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Philippa Childs, Head of Bectu, “Bectu welcomes Government decision to drop AI copyright ‘opt-out’ plans,” March 18, 2026.
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Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data
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