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Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 January 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 February 2025. It was answered by Lord Vallance of Balham (Labour) on Monday, 3 February 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


Copyright: Data Processing

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to trial a rights reservation mechanism, with satisfactory feedback from rightsholders, prior to proposing any copyright exception for text and data mining by artificial intelligence.

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 believes these measures should progress together and could come into operation when effective, proportionate, and accessible technological solutions were in place.

The Government recognises the vital importance of right holder feedback on a rights reservation mechanism, and how it will work in practice, and will take this feedback into account as it develops its approach.

The consultation closes on 25 February.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4250
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Copyright Data processing Artificial intelligence
Link
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