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Clare Painter

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Happily untangling copyright, digital & AI licensing, publishing rights. Practical contracts & permissions. Fluent Italian with a Milanese twang. Poetry. Also cats.

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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Very many thanks to Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com for including my poem 'Italia Novanta' in the Sixty Odd Poets #Football Special sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/the-footba..., out today. It's from a kinder time when a dear Italian friend tried her best to help me love the World Cup… #poetry
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The Football Special
It's not just a game - It's a way of life
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today! Sign up details are below
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I'm really looking forward to speaking at @the-ciep.bsky.social on AI & Copyright this Thursday 23 April! www.ciep.uk/events/event...
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Webinar: AI, Copyright and Editorial Considerations
Whether we like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is having an impact on editorial practice. But what does it mean for copyright, ownership and professional risks and responsibilities? If you’r...
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 14/03/2026
ICYMI: Attendees of this year’s London Book Fair, held 10th to 12th March at London Olympia, have described the fair as “high energy” and “really busy” and a reminder that “books are a place where people have refuge” 👇 #LBF
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London Book Fair 2026: Publishers hail ‘high energy, confident’ fair but feel absence of Middle East trade
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I’m really delighted that the online journal @inksweatandtears.co.uk has selected my poem Terms of Engagement for #InternationalWomensDay ! Many thanks to editor @helenivory.bsky.social! Read it at the link below 😄💪
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
An important step today for AI & Copyright in the UK and the future of our creative industries
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Exciting news! Two of my poems are going to be on #BBCUpload with #LeoUlph this Thursday & Saturday @BBCOxford.bsky.social & #BBCSounds . Thanks so much!😀
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
With so much around AI & copyright at the moment, this year looks set to bring plenty of news incl a big UK govt report & 70+ legal cases worldwide. In my 1st newsletter of 2026 I’ll be thinking about AI licensing, permissions & copyright. V soon! clarepainterassociates.com/newsletter #CopyrightSky
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Sign up here to receive Clare Painter's digital licensing newsletter
Clare will be sending you practical and up to date news about the rapid changes in digital licensing, copyright, rights & permissions - and of course the…
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CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We’re excited to share that Copyright Evidence (copyrightevidence.org) now catalogues 1,000 empirical studies on copyright law! Designed to bring clarity and evidence to policy debates, the portal has now become the world’s most comprehensive, openly accessible copyright empirical research database.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
From earlier this year - analysis of the legal status of Greenland, by Prof Ulla Neergaard
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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 28/11/2025
Today is launch day for #SootAndBoots our collection of short festive fiction! Get your copy in hardback or paperback. amzn.eu/d/fotY3hp
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The publishing veteran, who has held senior executive roles at Macmillan, Bloomsbury, and Oxford University Press, has been named chair of the board of the London-based art book publisher, effective January 1.
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Richard Charkin to Chair Thames & Hudson Board
The publishing veteran, who has held senior executive roles at Macmillan, Bloomsbury, and Oxford University Press, has been named chair of the board of the London-based art book publisher, effective…
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This sounds great!
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 04/11/2025
Extraordinary news — @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is sitting at #1 in British Poetry on Amazon. A haunting, lyrical exploration of womanhood, silence, & power — it’s a book that truly earns its place. shorturl.at/IbEp2
Screenshot of the Amazon UK Best Sellers in British Poetry chart. At number one is Trilogy: wife·widow·witch by Katie Jenkins, published by The Broken Spine. The book cover is minimalist and black, featuring a stylised figure in white. Other titles shown include Bird School by Adam Nicolson at number two and The Book of Sea Shanties by Nathan Evans at number three.
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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Today’s the day! Over 5 years in the making - I’ve left it all on the page. I’d love to share it with you. 👰‍♀️🖤🧙‍♀️
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Sorry to miss this, sounds fascinating. But a clash with Frankfurt Book Fair!
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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you #LauraGrevel for this revealing review of #BeautifulLittleFools #GreatGatsby#FScottFitzgerald #Decadence #Deceit #Poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity #https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237581519-beautiful-little-fools
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Major changes to EU travel rules next week - everything you need to know news.sky.com/story/money-...
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Money latest: Major changes to EU travel rules next week - everything you need to know
New EU travel rules take effect next weekend ahead of a €20 charge for Britons in 2026 - we outline everything you need to know. We also examine "part and part" mortgages in today's Money blog, Sky Ne...
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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Goodness me, the level of misinformation about the Bartz settlement is off the scale. Please take advice only from reputable sources and not randos on social media. Good explanation here from @copyrightlately.bsky.social. copyrightlately.com/anthropic-se...
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Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Speeding Ticket
It’s the largest copyright settlement in history. But for Anthropic, it’s a toll booth, not a stop sign.
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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🤖📰 Effective YESTERDAY: China has mandated a digital watermark for all AI-generated content. www.cac.gov.cn/2025-03/14/c... Translating in 🧵.
Chinese writing, with last phrase highlight.
Something like, 

第七条 互联网应用程序分发平台在应用程序上架或者上线审核时,应当要求互联网应用程序服务提供者说明是否提供人工智能生 务。互联网应用程序服务提供者提供人工智能生成合成服务的,互联网应用程序分发平台应当核验其生成合成内容标识相关材料。
第八条 服务提供者应当在用户服务协议中明确说明生成合成内容标识的方法、样式等规范内容,并提示用户仔细阅读并理解相关 理要求。
第九条 用户申请服务提供者提供没有添加显式标识的生成合成内容的,服务提供者可以在通过用户协议明确用户的标识义务和 后,提供不含显式标识的生成合成内容,并依法留存提供对象信息等相关日志不少于六个月。
第十条 用户使用网络信息内容传播服务发布生成合成内容的,应当主动声明并使用服务提供者提供的标识功能进行标识。
任何组织和个人不得恶意删除、篡改、伪造、隐匿本办法规定的生成合成内容标识,不得为他人实施上述恶意行为提供工具或者 得通过不正当标识手段损害他人合法权益。
第十一条 服务提供者开展标识活动的,还应当符合相关法律、行政法规、部门规章和强制性国家标准的要求。
第十二条 服务提供者在履行算法备案、安全评估等手续时,应当按照本办法提供生成合成内容标识相关材料,并加强标识信息共 范打击相关违法犯罪活动提供支持和帮助。
第十三条 违反本办法规定的,由网信、电信、公安和广播电视等有关主管部门依据职责,按照有关法律、行政法规、部门规章的 处理。
第十四条 本办法自2025年9月1日起施行。
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Always check your sources! #copyright
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Keith Stevenson @keithstevenson.com · 22/08/2025
The Copyright Agency of Australia is fighting hard against the Australian Productivity Commission's ludicrous proposal for a text and data mining exemption to current copyright legislation. Here's their latest Q&A which shows just how damaging the proposal is. www.copyright.com.au/membership/a...
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PC TDM exception Q&A - Copyright Agency
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
*THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES*, a free, scholer-produced onlyne resource for teachinge and learninge *The Canterbury Tales* at the universitye level: opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
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The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales – The new way to learn about old books
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This week's prompt took me in a bit of a different direction #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Really interesting article. The mental load of running a life with someone else (whether there are children or not) is often overlooked and misunderstood - and usually carried by women 🏋️‍♂️
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
There are lots of copyright & AI cases ongoing but this one could potentially be very big - IF it goes ahead as a class action arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A work in progress for this week's #PoemsAbout #BlackSky @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
My poem, Time to Choose
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I'm assuming that the "huge rabbit" spotted in the Cotswolds was actually a hare. #wato Educate, inform, entertain 🤷
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
It's crucial to read your publishing contract all the way through & understand the intent behind it. A fascinating blog here shows why that matters
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Completely agree. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social and @thebrokenspine.co.uk !
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 04/08/2025
Tomorrow night it all kicks off. Beautiful Little Fools takes the stage. #PoemsAbout takes the mic. You don’t want to hear about it secondhand. #BeautifulLittleFools #PoemsAbout #OpenMic #BookLaunch 🎟️ shorturl.at/DeXSq
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Beautiful Little Fools Launch & #PoemsAbout Open Mic
Launch night for Beautiful Little Fools meets the raw energy of #PoemsAbout. Live readings, open mic, no fluff. Just fire.
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Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com · 22/07/2025
Great to host a webinar this morning with our friends at PLS and CLA about proposals for new AI-related collective licensing. Have your say via this consultation survey (you’ll need to be logged into your PLS account) or by contacting the PLS team www.pls.org.uk/publisher-ar...
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I'm thrilled to have a poem included in this beautiful hardback collection. Thank you brokenspinearts.bsky.social #BeautifulLittleFools
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 26/06/2025
You want glamour? Here: Satin and cocaine at 4am. Champagne breath and blood in the pool. Pearl buttons torn from sweatshop seams. #BeautifulLittleFools doesn’t flinch. 50+ poets rewriting the American dream—one line at a time. Out July 7.
Book cover of Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession, and the Gilded Age by The Broken Spine. The design features a stylized, Cubist-inspired illustration of a 1920s man and woman in formal attire—he in a tuxedo and fedora, she in a cloche hat and sharp bob—set against a fragmented cityscape with bold geometric shapes in black, white, crimson, and grey. The title appears in elegant serif font over a rich burgundy background, with The Broken Spine’s fountain pen logo in the corner.
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I'm beyond delighted that my poem 'Tom's Girl' has been selected by @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for 'Beautiful Little Fools', an anthology marking 100 years of The Great Gatsby. Thank you so much to editors @alanparry83.bsky.social and @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social ! #BeautifulLittleFools #Gatsby100
The cover of Beautiful Little Fools overlaid with the words 'My work is being published, coming July 2025'.
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Intriguing, depressing, infuriating. And yet another reason why the rights holder 'opt out' proposed by the UK government won't work. It's impossible to opt out where your work has already been pirated. #copyright
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/03/2025
Meta considered licensing books to train AI—but opted instead to pirate LibGen, a database that currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner writes.
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hey @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social Queen Street?
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Last chance today to have your say in the UK govt consultation on copyright & AI
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Five days left to have your say on AI & Copyright on the UK. And you don't need to answer all the questions. Link below 👇©️
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
There's still time to make a change 🗣️ Add your name to this author-organised letter and encourage the government to change its course on copyright exemption for generative AI use of creatives works docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CreativeRights #ArtificalIntelligence #PayTheCreator
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Objection to the Government's Proposed Copyright Exemption for Generative AI Training
To add your name to this letter, please fill and submit the form at the bottom. Wednesday 12th February 2025: We are some among the 2.4 million working in the UK creative industries. We are staring i...
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's such a noisy time in the rights & licensing world so I've decided to relaunch my regular email newsletter. I'll look at AI & Copyright, changes to author guidelines, licensing trends & tips for rights research. First issue will be out soon so sign up at my website (in comments). See you there!
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
In case you're pondering how to respond to UK govt on AI & #Copyright: - Do I agree it's OK to allow text & data mining for all purposes without rights holder permissions? No. - Do I think creators can effectively reserve rights using a (yet to exist) opt-out system? No. I have a lot more words...
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I know it's off-putting that the UK govt's favoured proposal on AI & #copyright would do huge damage to our wonderful - & economically important - creative industries. But it matters all the more that as many of us as possible have our say. There's still time. - Closes 25 Feb.
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Clare Painter @clarepainter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is bizarre, I can't think why the UK wouldn't sign up to it. Or rather, I can't think of -good- reasons the UK wouldn't sign up. In the Wild West of AI, sustainability & safety matter! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI
Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 07/02/2025
The government’s consultation on AI is economically and strategically disastrous, and we must fight back, says Baroness Beban Kidron 👇#BookSky
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A crossroads for copyright
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