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British celebrities, including prominent artists and performers, have successfully lobbied against proposals that would allow AI companies to freely use their creative work for training. Their campaign, backed by The Guardian's reporting, blocked changes to UK copyright rules. Now they are warning Australian policymakers not to adopt similar exemptions that could undermine creators' rights.

An academic has warned that the EU's AI legislation systematically fails to protect authors' moral rights, such as attribution and the integrity of their work, as AI systems increasingly train on and generate creative content. Writing in World Trademark Review, the scholar argues that current EU law focuses on economic rights and compliance rules while leaving moral rights largely unaddressed, raising concerns for writers and creators across Europe.