A group of musicians is hoping the sound of their collective silence speaks volumes to lawmakers in the U.K. More than 1,000 artists — including Kate Bush, Imogen Heap, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Hans Zimmer — released a silent album titled "Is This What We Want?

One thousand musicians call for the UK to abandon a law change that would allow AI companies to train models on copyrighted music without artists' permission

The album, Is This What We Want?, is released in protest as the British government weighs changes to copyright and AI policies.