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Hong Kong proposes a copyright exception for AI training with an owner opt-out

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Source: The Standard (Hong Kong)Also reported by South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s Director of Intellectual Property, David Wong Fuk-loi, set out a planned Copyright Ordinance amendment allowing text and data mining of lawfully obtained works for commercial and non-commercial computational analysis, with sources recorded. Copyright owners could opt out to keep their works out of AI training, and the bill was due at the Legislative Council in the first half of 2025. The South China Morning Post reported on 27 September 2026 that the bill had been taken off LegCo’s agenda and would be delayed while the government issues operational guidelines first.

Why it matters

AI developers in Hong Kong still have no statutory exception for training on copyrighted works, and rights holders still lack a formal opt-out.

When
19 Feb 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0131
Who
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Hong Kong), Intellectual Property Department (Hong Kong); David Wong Fuk-loi
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Copyright

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from The Standard (Hong Kong) and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2025-0131: “Hong Kong proposes a copyright exception for AI training with an owner opt-out.” wheresthe.ai, 19 Feb 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/hk-copyright-tdm-exception-opt-out-proposal-2025-02/ (source: The Standard (Hong Kong)).

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