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How do we make sure creators aren’t left behind as AI develops? 🤖✍️

In an interview from our partners at @alcs.co.uk, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP discusses some of the big questions facing the creative sector, from transparency around AI training and collective licensing to fair pay and support for freelancers.

dacs.org.ukALCS interview: Dame Caroline Dinenage on AI and copyright - DACSALCS interviews Dame Caroline Dinenage MP on AI and copyright, collective licensing, fair pay for creators and the future of creative careers.

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Creators should share in the value that their work helps to generate 💰📈

In a joint letter published in the Guardian, Smart Fund partners @dacs.org.uk , @alcs.co.uk, BECS and @picsel-collective.bsky.social are calling for creators to receive a fairer share of the value generated through technology.

theguardian.comTech firms should pay the creators whose work they use | LetterLetter: It could raise up to £300m a year, providing UK creators with additional income, write Barbara Hayes, Tayyiba Nasser, Christian Zimmermann and Paul Seheult

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What does supporting artists actually look like? 🤔

✅ Paying royalties ✅ Protecting copyright ✅ Sharing practical advice ✅ Advocating for artists' rights This International Artist Day, we're celebrating the work that helps artists build sustainable careers and encouraging others to turn appreciation into action. 🎨

dacs.org.ukHow DACS can help you. Find out what we do for artists, estates and the art market - DACSEstablished by artists in 1984, find out what we do for artists, estates and the art market through our services and our advocacy work

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This Black History Month, we're celebrating with a selection of artworks and photographs from DACS Images that invite us to see the world through different perspectives.

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This Black History Month, we're celebrating with a selection of artworks and photographs from DACS Images that invite us to see the world through different perspectives.

Freelancers Make Theatre Work

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Employment status reform, late payment and social security were among the issues discussed at yesterday’s APPG for Freelancers meeting, which FMTW attended. Jo Stevens MP was elected Chair. Read our update: buff.ly/FCogPUS #FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #APPG #UKArts

News from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Freelancers 📢 📰 Yesterday's APPG for Freelancers EGM saw @jostevenslabour.bsky.social elected as the new Chair and heard updates from @lizziecrump.bsky.social, one of the Government's Freelance Champions.

Discussions focused on the issues shaping freelance livelihoods today, including pensions, employment status, late payments, social security, skills, and the impact of AI.

The group's secretariat is jointly provided by @bectu.bsky.social, @alcs.co.uk, @dacs.org.uk, @directors-uk.bsky.social and @freelancersmake.bsky.social 🤝

The group also thanked @pollybillington.bsky.social for her leadership in establishing and supporting the APPG, and welcomed new members Baroness Bonham-Carter and @abarroscurtis.bsky.social.

Congratulations to artist and DACS member Louise Giovanelli, who has been awarded the Robson Orr TenTen by the Government Art Collection! 🎉👏 Orbiter, 2021 © Louise Giovanelli. Courtesy of the Artist and GRIMM, Amsterdam | New York | London. All Rights Reserved, DACS. Photographer - Pierre Le Hors

dacs.org.ukLouise Giovanelli - DACSLouise Giovanelli, born in 1993 in London, received her BA in 2015 from Manchester School of Art, and went on to study at Städelschule, Frankfurt,…

These images are among 29 artworks by Louise Giovanelli available to license through DACS Images. Explore more here:

Today at the Creators Emergency Summit, creators, policymakers and industry organisations came together to explore how creative livelihoods can be protected in the age of generative AI.

During a panel discussion with @alcs.co.uk, BECS and @ifow.org, DACS CEO Christian Zimmermann discussed the role collective management organisations can play in helping creators retain choice, control and fair remuneration when their work is used to train AI systems.

dacs.org.ukDACS welcomes Creative Industries Minister to Tottenham - DACSCreative Industries Minister Ian Murray MP visited Tottenham to meet artists and creative organisations and discuss support for sustainable creative…

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The new Freelancers' Handbook and Resources Directory by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social has just landed! Written and co-edited by Rachel Mapplebeck, the resource directly responds to the needs identified in the Cultural Freelancers Study 2024.

Alongside the launch, a summary of the Post Publication Peer Review (PPPR) has been published, where DACS joined partners including CVAN, Artists Now and @freelancersmake.bsky.social to reflect on the study's findings, identify gaps and opportunities, and explore where further action is needed.

dacs.org.ukArts Council England launches Freelancers' Handbook - DACSArts Council England has launched a Freelancers' Handbook and Resources Directory offering guidance, opportunities and support for cultural freelancers.

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Artists make money for the economy, so they deserve to paid properly 📢 Image: Janette Parris, 2025. Photo by Luana Rigolli, courtesy of @bsrome.bsky.social

Following DACS’ Annual General Meeting, we spoke with artist and departing DACS board member Janette Parris about the realities facing artists today, from fair pay and funding to the compromises involved in finding affordable studio space.

dacs.org.ukJanette Parris reflects on fair pay, studios and her hopes for the future of artists - DACSArtist Janette Parris discusses the challenges facing creatives today, from rising studio costs to funding pressures, and what needs to change to help…

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Who subconsciously celebrated International Coffee Day this morning? ☕ Image 📷: White coffee pot, 1969, Henri Hayden © DACS Images, London/ ADAGP

Born in Poland and later based in Paris, Hayden (1883-1970) was a painter associated with the School of Paris, known for his distinctive still life and landscapes that blended Cubist influences with a more poetic, personal style.

dacs.org.ukWhite coffee pot, 1969 - DACSWhite coffee pot, 1969 (ID: 68959) by Henri Hayden

More images by Henri Hayden can be licensed on DACS Images, our platform that helps artists and estates license work while making it easier for others to discover and legally use visual art. Check it out here:

Payback payments are on the way! 💸 This year we're distributing over £6m in royalties to 115,000 visual creators and representatives across the UK. That's nearly 5,000 more creators benefiting from Payback than last year 📈 Have you received yours yet? Let us know 👇

Here are some important advocacy wins that you might have missed whilst on your summer holidays! ☀️👇

🤝 Stronger artist rights through UK-Switzerland trade deal 🎉 Christian Zimmermann elected President of OLA 📢 Calls from Björn Ulvaeus surrounding creators' rights in the AI debate 🏆 Freelance Champions appointed 📊 APPG for Visual Arts and Artists discuss the case for a Visual Arts Data Observatory

dacs.org.ukHow DACS drove policy change for artists this summer - DACSFrom AI and copyright to international trade and freelance support, discover how DACS has championed artists' rights this summer.

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