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Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to ensure AI training models are subject to existing copyright laws; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed exemption for text

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to ensure AI training models are subject to existing copyright laws; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed exemption for text
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies. The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024 seeking views on proposals for a new regulatory model fo...

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