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UK consults on letting AI developers train on works unless rights holders opt out

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Source: GOV.UK: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation

The Intellectual Property Office, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport opened a consultation on copyright and AI on 17 December 2024, closing on 25 February 2025. Its preferred option of four is a text and data mining exception allowing AI training on lawfully accessed works unless rights holders reserve their rights, backed by transparency duties on developers.

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UK creators and AI developers faced a proposal under which training on lawfully accessed works would be legal unless rights holders opted out.

When
17 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0068
Who
Intellectual Property Office, DSIT, DCMS
Topics
Copyright

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from GOV.UK. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: document 1 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0068: “UK consults on letting AI developers train on works unless rights holders opt out.” wheresthe.ai, 17 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-copyright-ai-consultation-2024-12/ (source: GOV.UK: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation).

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