London: British pop legend Elton John on Sunday branded the UK government “absolute loss” about the change in the planned copyright law, which exempts the tech firms.In a blistering interview aired by BBC, “Rocket Man” star John said he felt “incredibly betrayal” and accused the government of preparing to prepare “young people of his legacy and their income”.As long as he chooses the right holder, the changes they are in the “criminal” will allow the tech firms to use the manufacturer’s content independently.But John, 78, who sold over 300 million records worldwide in their decades long career, said young artists did not have “resources to fight Big Tech”.He said that he was not against Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a line should be drawn when it came for music and creativity.The government’s data (use and access) bill is currently passing through Parliament.The upper house of Parliament supported an amendment designed to ensure the copyright holders who used their work and in return, see which elements were taken, who and when.But on Wednesday, the MP in the lower house, which has a large majority with the Labor Government, reduced the changes.If the government’s planned changes in copyright laws go ahead, they will “theft, high level theft, theft”, John told the BBC on Sunday with the Laura Kunsberg program.“The government is only completely lost and I am very angry about it,” John said, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle is destroying as “Bit of a Moran”.The Prime Minister Kir Stmper has earlier stated that the government needs to get “balance right” with copyright and AI, while given the technology that the technology represents a “big opportunity”.John said, “They have no right to sell under the river,” John said, “Watch Watch” and “See Sense”.More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Annie Lenox and Damon Alborn, released a silent album in February to protest against the proposed changes, stating that they would legalize music theft.Earlier this month, writers and musicians, including John and Bush, condemned the proposals as “wholesale cheap” for Silicon Valley in a letter to the Times newspaper.Other signators included composers Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Sting and Writers Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Morpurgo and Helen Fielding.A department of Science, Innovation and Technology Spokesperson stated that the bill was “focused on unlocking the safe and effective use of data for public interest – promoting the economy by an estimated £ 10 billion during the next 10 years”.
