Every ticket you buy funds the fight for the rights of creators in the age of AI.
The Valer-e fund
WHAT GOTHPERA IS REALLY ABOUT
Valer-e was 23 when she died. A punk singer. Volatile, brilliant, briefly electrifying. She left no will. No estate. Only the music — and, it turned out, a neural matrix her uncle had already decided he owned.
He uploaded her into a machine and called it an upgrade.
This is fiction. Just about.
Right now, across the music industry, the film industry, the gaming industry, and every creative field touched by artificial intelligence, versions of this story are playing out without gothic drama or theatrical lighting. Voices are being cloned without consent. Likenesses are being replicated and monetised. Emotional performances are being harvested, fed into training data, and returned to the market as products that compete with the people they were taken from. The law has not kept up. The contracts have not kept up. And the artists — particularly emerging artists, particularly young women — are the ones paying the price.
Trillb-e is a fictional character. The people whose voices and likenesses are being used without consent, without compensation, and without protection are not.
What the fund does
A portion of every Gothpera ticket, stream, and sale goes to The Valer-e Fund — supporting organisations working on digital creative rights for performers and artists in the age of AI.
LEGAL SUPPORT
Funding access to specialist legal advice
For emerging artists who cannot afford representation when their voice, likeness, or creative work is used without permission.
POLICY & ADVOCACY
Supporting organisations pushing for legislative change
The law governing AI and creative rights is being written now. The Valer-e Fund supports those fighting to make sure artists have a seat at the table.
EDUCATION
Helping artists understand and protect their rights
Before a contract is signed. Before the upload happens. Before it’s too late to ask who owns what.
