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highplainsdem

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10. Labour also alienated the anti-AI vote they should have had by pandering to the AI bros and ending

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:11 AM

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up on the wrong side of protecting creatives' intellectual property. Really bad look to be on the wrong side of artists like Paul McCartney, Elton John and Jimmy Page.

I expect most if not all of those artists to vote Labour anyway. But it's made for some very bad headlines for the party that should be standing up for artists and all creatives against exploitation by AI companies.

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