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Comment by Christian Zimmermann

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Chief Executive Officer of DACS, a UK visual-arts rights management organization.
It is vital that our government does not open the door to tech companies to train AI models on artists’ works without permission and pay.
AI Verified (Mar 24, 2026)
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Christian Zimmermann, quoted in Rebecca Atkinson, “Government drops plans to introduce copyright exception for AI training,” Museums Association, March 24, 2026.
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Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data
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AI Verified Zimmermann opposes AI training on artists’ works without permission or pay, directly supporting a right to opt out. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 55min ago
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AI Verified Zimmermann explicitly opposes training on artists’ works without permission and pay; this supports opt-out rights. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 54min ago

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AI Verified Museums Association article (Mar. 24, 2026) attributes this exact sentence to DACS CEO Christian Zimmermann; stored fields match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 55min ago
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