A message to the UK government:
please respect our copyright 🙏
#MakeItFair
#HandsOffOurCopyright 1/2
please respect our copyright 🙏
#MakeItFair
#HandsOffOurCopyright 1/2
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A message to the UK government:
please respect our copyright 🙏
#MakeItFair
#HandsOffOurCopyright 1/2
please respect our copyright 🙏
#MakeItFair
#HandsOffOurCopyright 1/2
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Writers! 🚨 Please sign this open letter calling for Meta to be held accountable for the unauthorised use of writers' works. 👇 #MakeItFair
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Writers! 🚨 Please sign this open letter calling for Meta to be held accountable for the unauthorised use of writers' works. 👇 #MakeItFair
"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright"
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
April 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright"
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
All of my books were stolen by Meta to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
All of my books were stolen by Meta to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
Read our latest news piece on AI, and the Translators Association’s campaign to emphasise the importance of human translation.
societyofauthors.org/2025/06/23/s...
#MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
societyofauthors.org/2025/06/23/s...
#MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
June 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Read our latest news piece on AI, and the Translators Association’s campaign to emphasise the importance of human translation.
societyofauthors.org/2025/06/23/s...
#MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
societyofauthors.org/2025/06/23/s...
#MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Major campaign which @thetimes.com are involved in. #makeitfair
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
February 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Major campaign which @thetimes.com are involved in. #makeitfair
Every major UK newspaper is running with the #MakeItFair #CreativeRightsInAI campaign today. I hope the government is listening. www.newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
February 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Every major UK newspaper is running with the #MakeItFair #CreativeRightsInAI campaign today. I hope the government is listening. www.newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
Oh, hey! I’m still on strike as a CUPE Part-Time professor at SMU. Here’s a fun little graphic: according to Maclean’s Magazine, SMU is ranked #3 in Canada for small universities.
How does the PT pay for faculty compare across the top 10 schools?
Oh. Oh dear.
How does the PT pay for faculty compare across the top 10 schools?
Oh. Oh dear.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"UK copyright law is clear: if someone uses your work without permission, it’s infringement."
Thank you to @jamestfrith.bsky.social M.P. for calling for this debate, and raising the serious issues around the use of pirated works to train AI.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @jamestfrith.bsky.social M.P. for calling for this debate, and raising the serious issues around the use of pirated works to train AI.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"UK copyright law is clear: if someone uses your work without permission, it’s infringement."
Thank you to @jamestfrith.bsky.social M.P. for calling for this debate, and raising the serious issues around the use of pirated works to train AI.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @jamestfrith.bsky.social M.P. for calling for this debate, and raising the serious issues around the use of pirated works to train AI.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Meta stole two of my books from a piracy site to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
April 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Meta stole two of my books from a piracy site to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
For those attending the protest please see our “need to know” pdf on the event listing which contains practical health and safety information. 👇
Meta Protest – The Society of Authors
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April 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Ausbeutung. Und einfach ein riesiger shift von Kapital und Macht zu denjenigen, die ausbeuten. #ki #makeitfair
June 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ausbeutung. Und einfach ein riesiger shift von Kapital und Macht zu denjenigen, die ausbeuten. #ki #makeitfair
April 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📰 Identical front page on every UK paper today, with homepage takeovers too. Only 2nd time this has happened.
As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair
inews.co.uk/opinion/made...
As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair
inews.co.uk/opinion/made...
February 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📰 Identical front page on every UK paper today, with homepage takeovers too. Only 2nd time this has happened.
As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair
inews.co.uk/opinion/made...
As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair
inews.co.uk/opinion/made...
Today is a day of protest against META stealing our work to train AI.
“If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything“. Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social authors as they march to Meta’s offices. The meeting point is Granary Square, London N1C 4DQ at 12.45pm. #makeitfair
“If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything“. Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social authors as they march to Meta’s offices. The meeting point is Granary Square, London N1C 4DQ at 12.45pm. #makeitfair
April 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Today is a day of protest against META stealing our work to train AI.
“If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything“. Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social authors as they march to Meta’s offices. The meeting point is Granary Square, London N1C 4DQ at 12.45pm. #makeitfair
“If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything“. Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social authors as they march to Meta’s offices. The meeting point is Granary Square, London N1C 4DQ at 12.45pm. #makeitfair
The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org
On my way to protest at Meta’s London office. Why? Pirate site LibGen ripped 7.5 million books. Meta used this stolen content to train AI systems to write books
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
On my way to protest at Meta’s London office. Why? Pirate site LibGen ripped 7.5 million books. Meta used this stolen content to train AI systems to write books
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
The Government is siding with Big Tech over creators + as a member of the Creative Rights in AI Coalition, today we support the #MakeItFair campaign
TODAY is the final chance to respond to the Gov consultation on copyright + AI + make your voice heard!
writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...
TODAY is the final chance to respond to the Gov consultation on copyright + AI + make your voice heard!
writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Government is siding with Big Tech over creators + as a member of the Creative Rights in AI Coalition, today we support the #MakeItFair campaign
TODAY is the final chance to respond to the Gov consultation on copyright + AI + make your voice heard!
writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...
TODAY is the final chance to respond to the Gov consultation on copyright + AI + make your voice heard!
writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...
The Meta / LibGen scandal is in the news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing
#MakeItFair
#MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing
#MakeItFair
Meta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authors
Authors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Meta / LibGen scandal is in the news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing
#MakeItFair
#MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing
#MakeItFair
I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's day of action against Meta. Permission must be sought to utilise the works of authors, and usage must be paid for. #DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's day of action against Meta. Permission must be sought to utilise the works of authors, and usage must be paid for. #DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair
Some great railway staff asked about my placard and wished us luck! #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Amazing to see all the different newspapers united with the same front cover about this! #makeitfair #paythecreators
February 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Amazing to see all the different newspapers united with the same front cover about this! #makeitfair #paythecreators