AI tech giants should not be subsidised by British creatives, Starmer signals

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dame Caroline Dinenage, the Conservative chairwoman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee warned the Prime Minister he was “gambling a world-class British success story” of the creative industries. “Why should these overseas tech giants effectively get a free subsidy on the back of British creatives?” Sir Keir replied: “I don’t think they should, I think we need to get the balance right, but I also think we have a huge opportunity. “That puts us in a really good position against our competitors around the world, I don’t want us to lose that edge.” Dame Caroline had earlier told the Prime Minister the creative industries were an important part of the UK’s economic growth, and had been “growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy”. “It is effective the largest heist of copyright in world history.” Dame Caroline continued: “You are proposing to take rights away and force creatives to opt back into their own copyright.