Question follow-through · 81396
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of stimulating a licensing market for the use of copyrighted creative content by generative artificial intelligence firms.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of stimulating a licensing market for the use of copyrighted creative content by generative artificial intelligence firms.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government consulted on copyright and AI between 17 December 2024 and 25 February 2025. This included seeking views on whether and how the government should support licensing.Consultation responses are currently being reviewed alongside extensive enga...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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