The ‘Rebooting Copyright’ report was published in April, and has been roundly denounced by the creative sector. AOI join many other organisations in calling out the report’s approach to copyright and the effect handing over the rights in work posted online for training generative AI would have on the creative sector.
On 25 February 2025 AOI responded to the UK Government’s consultation on ‘Copyright and Artificial Intelligence’ which proposed an exception to your copyright that would allow commercial use of text and data mining for no payment.
Join the campaign asking for fair treatment from Government asking them not to go ahead with the proposed exception to copyright for scraping
The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affect the governments preferred option would have.
Creative Rights in AI Coalition urges Government to enforce Copyright Law through transparency without compromising Rights
We are aware that a number of websites exist that purport to sell artworks, including illustration, for prints. Here we note how illustrators could respond if they see their work available from the site.
Calling all illustrators! Join us for a FREE event to learn how to licence your work, protect your copyright and negotiate with confidence.
We spoke to Grand Matter Co-founder & Creative Director, Ciara Phelan, to get her views on the importance of copyright and protecting licensing based industries.
We catch up with Advertising Commissioner and AOI board member, Daniel Moorey to discuss his thoughts on copyright and licensing.
We reach out to Director of IllustrationX, Harry Lyon-Smith to chat about our ‘Keep your Copyright’ Campaign.
AOI Member Sneha Shanker shares her views on copyright and what it means for herself and Illustrators alike.
If commissioning illustration, it is important that the illustrator you are working with retains their copyright. This resource explains why.
What do you do if a client asks you to assign your copyright? This resource explains the steps to take.
What is an assignment of your copyright? And what should you do if a client asks you to assign your copyright in the artwork they have commissioned from you? This resource covers what you need to know about assignments.
A short introduction to copyright, from the British Copyright Council.
Information about “exceptions”, cases where you may not require permission to use someone else’s copyright work, from the British Copyright Council.
The Directive on Copyright is an important piece of European Union legislation designed to modernise copyright for the digital age. Now passed, it will help ensure a fairer deal for those working in the creative sector. But what happens for the UK?
The EU copyright directive was adopted by the European Council on 15th April, completing its final stage of approval.
The statutory instrument for copyright and related rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit – which remains a possibility – was last week passed by both houses of parliament. It is expected to be signed into law shortly.
Talks on the EU Copyright Directive have completed with a compromise text and the European institutions now have to adopt the proposal. For the European Parliament, this is currently scheduled as a session on 27 March.
This resource looks at UK copyright infringement and what you can do if your work has been infringed.
This resource covers copyright infringement, what it is, exceptions to copyright and the steps to take if your artwork has been infringed.
As the UK parliament prepares for the “meaningful vote” on the Government’s Brexit deal, the British Copyright Council looks at what the potential outcomes might mean for the creative sector.
In this article we present a case of a swift cease and desist on infringed artworks by Russell Cobb.
