Question follow-through · 23662
Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Publishing
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an opt-out for AI and copyright on smaller and medium-sized publishing businesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an opt-out for AI and copyright on smaller and medium-sized publishing businesses.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.One of the proposals in the consultation is for a rights-reservation, or “opt-out”, approach to the use of copyright material for AI training. The government wants to ensure that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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