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Art is a Human Right
Our creative-rights principle and the AI questions it raises.
In Short
Art is a human right, the foundation of the 2026 position on AI.
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"Everyone who makes creative work has a moral and material claim on it: a right to be credited, and a right to be paid."
That principle is the starting point for the All Content AI Summit, and for a wider conversation about creative ownership in the new cultural economy.
See /theme/ for the public theme page, and /ai-summit/ for how it shapes the Summit's agenda.
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