News and events: Copyright

Organisations demand investigation of Meta's new AI training privacy policies

DACS, together with societies representing copyright for writers, performers and directors, has written to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF), which was established in 2020 to cooperate on regulation of online platforms to investigate the matter.

• 25 June 2024

General Election 2024 Manifestos Roundup

Here's a round up the key Manifesto pledges from the 7 largest parties, that are likely to have an impact on visual artists, the wider visual arts sector, and the Creative Industries as a whole.

• 21 June 2024

What artists and their beneficiaries need to know about Meta's new privacy policy

As Meta unveils its new privacy policy, DACS’ Head of Legal, Simon Marshall, explains the changes and what artists can do to object to their works being used to develop Meta’s AI models.

• 30 May 2024

On World IP Day, it’s time the UK caught up with paying its artists fairly

Artist Adele Morse talks about her experience of copyright infringement and her hopes about the future of artists' rights.

• 26 April 2024

Why it’s important to protect artistic copyright

Ella Murtha is the daughter of the late renowned British photographer Tish Murtha, best known for documenting the lives of marginalised communities and working-class life from the inside in the North-East of England. In this blog, Ella Murtha discusses the importance of protecting her mother's copyright and how DACS helped her resolve an unauthorised use of Tish's work.

• 28 July 2023

DACS supports the Tish Murtha Estate on an infringement

DACS supported the Tish Murtha Estate when a photograph used as the cover art for Jamie T's single 'The Old Style Raiders' was heavily inspired by a photograph by Tish Murtha from her series Youth Unemployment, 1981.

• 28 July 2023

Art or Design? – A legal matter

Did you know that the law treats art and design differently? Learn about the legal implications of classifying your work as art or design.

• 25 September 2015, 5:30pm
• University of the Arts London 272 High Holborn London WC1V 7EY