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[IAWG] “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” Campaign Announcement
- 2026-01-22
“Stealing Isn’t Innovation” is a campaign that affirms a simple message: when AI companies use creators’ works as data without authorization, that is theft, not innovation. The goal is to build an ecosystem where AI can advance rapidly while creators’ rights are respected.
Spearheaded by the global Human Artistry Campaign—a coalition including the RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and the News Media Alliance—the initiative calls on AI companies to obtain explicit authorization and provide fair compensation through licensing deals and partnerships before using creators’ works.
Many leading creators have already joined, including Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, Billy Corgan, Questlove, Jonathan Franzen, and Jodi Picoult.
You can participate in the campaign via the link below.
Link : https://www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
Stealing Isn't Innovation
America’s creative community is the envy of the world and creates jobs, economic growth, and exports.
But rather than respect and protect this valuable asset, some of the biggest tech companies, many backed by private equity and other funders, are using American creators’ work to build AI platforms without authorization or regard for copyright law.
Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft - plain and simple.
A better way exists - through licensing deals and partnerships, some AI companies have taken the responsible, ethical route to obtaining the content and materials they wish to use. It is possible to have it all. We can have advanced, rapidly developing AI and ensure creators' rights are respected.
Spearheaded by the global Human Artistry Campaign—a coalition including the RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and the News Media Alliance—the initiative calls on AI companies to obtain explicit authorization and provide fair compensation through licensing deals and partnerships before using creators’ works.
Many leading creators have already joined, including Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, Billy Corgan, Questlove, Jonathan Franzen, and Jodi Picoult.
You can participate in the campaign via the link below.
Link : https://www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
Stealing Isn't Innovation
America’s creative community is the envy of the world and creates jobs, economic growth, and exports.
But rather than respect and protect this valuable asset, some of the biggest tech companies, many backed by private equity and other funders, are using American creators’ work to build AI platforms without authorization or regard for copyright law.
Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft - plain and simple.
A better way exists - through licensing deals and partnerships, some AI companies have taken the responsible, ethical route to obtaining the content and materials they wish to use. It is possible to have it all. We can have advanced, rapidly developing AI and ensure creators' rights are respected.