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Written question asked by James Frith (Labour) on Thursday, 30 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 February 2025. It was answered by Feryal Clark (Labour) on Friday, 7 February 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


Copyright: Data Processing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy that a copyright exception for text and data mining will not be brought into law until a rights reservation mechanism has been proven to work to the satisfaction of copyright holders.

Answer

The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.

This consultation seeks views on proposals to introduce a text and data mining exception alongside a rights reservation mechanism and transparency measures. The Government has been clear in oral answers, in both houses, that it will not introduce these measures until it has a workable system in place.

The proposals in this consultation are presented for feedback and discussion, and no decision has yet been taken on the final policy.

The consultation closes on 25 February.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27700
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Copyright Data processing
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk