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Danny O’Donoghue Supports Sinn Féin’s Motion to Protect Irish Artists’ Copyrights Against AI Exploitation

The Script’s frontman highlights large-scale intellectual property theft by AI firms and urges legislative action during Ireland’s Council of Europe presidency

Danny O’Donoghue, lead singer of The Script, has publicly backed Sinn Féin’s parliamentary motion aimed at safeguarding Irish musicians’ copyrights amid rising concerns over artificial intelligence misuse. He revealed that major AI companies have scraped hundreds of his songs for training without consent, calling for…