More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens, on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws, which could allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using their work.

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?

A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence.With contributions from British artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn,