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News Summary: 10,000 Authors Publish Blank Book Protesting UK AI Copyright Legislation

Remember how I started the week by contrasting the Paris Book Festival, where threatened boycotts over AI flooding the market had forced Amazon to withdraw its sponsorship, with London Book Fair, hosted in the less radical home of the open letter?
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10,000 Authors Publish Blank Book

Authors publish blank book at London Book Fair protesting UK AI copyright proposals favoring opt-out over licensing requirements.

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Ken LusseyMar 10

RE: https://flipboard.com/@euronews/culture-osak30c0z/-/a-ZYHmEaSmRpOOiQLuhAzRYw%3Aa%3A89340020-%2F0

I am one of nearly 10,000 authors who have signed this otherwise empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/thousands-authors-publish-empty-book-protest-ai-work-copyright

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