Just saw this over on Blue Sky - thought it was worth sharing. Original post by @/ednewtonrex.bsky.social
Here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP - if you're in the UK, here's a template you can use, and you can find your local MP to send it to here
2. If you're a creator, email your representatives. Your publisher, record label, union - whoever represents you. Here's a second template letter you can copy.
3. Respond to the consultation. You can do so by emailing copyrightconsultation@ipo.gov.uk. If possible, write your own response, and go into all the detail you can. Feel free to use info / data Ed-Newton-Rex prepared here
4. Share these template letters with anyone you know. The more people get involved, the more the government will get the message that a broad copyright exception is the wrong path to be pursuing.
Ed Newton-Rex summarised some of the more problematic stuff included in the proposal, such as:
Broad new copyright exception for commercial generative AI training. AI companies will be able to train on British copyrighted work without a licence even if the AI model is designed to compete with the creators whose work is trained on. This would make the UK one of the most punitive jurisdictions for creators in the world.
Rights holders can 'reserve their rights', i.e. opt out. But opt-outs don't work (you can't successfully opt out downstream copies of your work), most creators miss the chance to opt-out, doing so is a huge admin burden, etc. AI companies should be getting opt-in consent - it's unfair to shift the burden to creators
AI companies must offer some level of transparency over their training data. This would be good if presented on its own, but it's much less helpful if you're packaging it up with a broad copyright exception that lets AI companies train on most of the UK's creative output with impunity.
The consultation on these proposals lasts for 10 weeks. Anyone who cares about this issue should do whatever they can to make their views known to government now - there will only be one chance.
(I did have a look to see if they'd posted over here, but I couldn't find anything on a search - so go share their original post on Blue Sky if you have an account over there!)
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I like to think they never really had an “”official date”” per say, like doing romantic gestures just doesn’t come off naturally to them so they’d see going to the beach with some friends as a date- or things that are considered “dates” are more so them just seeing it as them having fun together and enjoying each other’s presence.
also you can’t convince me otherwise that at least half of their shirt wardrobe is hawaiian shirts-
I was having a “mid-life” crisis last night just being frustrated on how I drew Wally- i felt I just couldn’t get him right smhh, so I just had a big ol stressful doodle dump
@inverselyanalog discovered this fantastic post from Clown’s Tumblr two years ago which contains apparent prank call conversations between You and some of the Welcome Home cast!! 👀 i cut and amplified the talk Wally has with you - now you know what he sounds like 😉 just so you know, Clown has stated this is non-canonical, but we do know they kept Wally’s delightfully strange laugh!!
Transcript:
Wally: ‘Hello? …Hello? …Hello?
Ha ha ha ha ha! I’m only kidding. I know you’re there. Did you like my joke? I think you are going to say…’Yes!’. Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha! It’s…hard, to hear you think through this…‘funny phone’. Very fuzzy. A little like me. Speaking of…
Do you know who I am?
*Gasps* Oh no! Well, that’s not neighbourly at all. We’ve never met before. Don’t worry, though. You and I haven’t spoken, but I’ve seen you…whenever you’ve looked into my eyes. What did you see, when you did? Ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha! I hope you saw a friend. But I’m not sure you saw a name…
Sit still.
Let’s start over.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Click!
Hi. I’m Wally. I’m so happy to finally meet you. I think you’re the absolute most.
Uh oh. I have to go now. Everyone is probably thinking about their strange phone call. What fun to talk about! Don’t worry though, neighbour. It will be a little joke between you and me. They’re not ready to meet you yet. Remember, until you hear me again, keep your smile merry, and always know that I love you very much.
Goodbye!’
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