text: This may be hard to hear, but we are losing the AI copyright battle.
  
  Not because the law doesn’t favor creators - it clearly does. But because governments are seriously considering changing the law.
  
  Despite the many, many protests from creators, we are losing.
  
  We are losing because governments are being sold the lie that allowing copyright infringement is the route to winning the AI race.
  
  We are losing because the big tech lobby is incredibly well-funded.
  
  We are losing because, increasingly, governments are in the pocket of big tech. They want economic growth, and they’re buying the story that the route to growth lies in giving big tech everything they want.
  
  We are losing because countries are second-guessing each other, assuming others will change copyright law, and this becomes self-fulfilling.
  
  We are losing because politicians are allowed to get away with lying about their aims, and are not called out loudly enough for misrepresenting existing laws.
  
  We are losing because AI companies can rely on a few creators, who have vested interests, to support them, confusing the issue for policy makers and the public.
  
  We are losing because tech moves fast and the law moves slow.
  
  We are losing because people don’t understand or believe that it’s not too late to change course.
  
  We are losing because AI companies are aligned on what they want, but creators are not.
  
  We are losing because AI companies are threatening to become too big to fail, too big to be held to account.
  
  We are losing because we didn’t organise early enough, and we’re not making up for it fast enough.
  
  It’s not too late to stand up for creators’ rights, but soon it will be. Creators need to organise, now, before it’s too late.