Symbolic Rights

Symbolic Rights: Protecting Your Voice in the AI Age
Welcome to symbolicrights.org—our platform to reimagine how AI interacts with human creativity. Symbolic rights (SR) extend copyright to protect your intangible expressions—your style, voice, or creative fingerprint—when AI uses them to train or create. This isn’t just about ethics; it’s economic empowerment, worth up to £12 billion to the UK and $1.8-£2 trillion globally by 2035.

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Why SR Matters
AI thrives on our data, but current copyright only protects fixed works, not the essence of who we are. Symbolic Rights ensures you’re compensated if your expressions fuel AI, from a musician’s riff to a writer’s tone.

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Economic Impact

• UK: £0.45-£1.125 billion in payments to 15 million users, £0.105-£0.4 billion in wages for 3,000-8,000 jobs (licensing officers, compliance analysts), plus £1.06-£3.17 billion in AI and creative growth, and £1.5-£7 billion in economic stability.

• Global: $1.8-£2 trillion—scaling to 1.5 billion users and beyond.

 

Join the Movement
Submitted to the UK AI Copyright Consultation (February 2025), Symbolic Rights is our call to action. Explore our full vision here, and let’s build an AI future that values you.