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Copyright: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 5 March 2025UIN 33685

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the UK copyright framework in tackling AI-generated content that infringes upon copyright protections.

Answered by Feryal Clark

AI generated content will infringe copyright in the UK if it reproduces a substantial part of a protected work unless a copyright exception applies.

The Government’s consultation on Copyright and AI, which closed on 25th February, covered a range of topics including copyright enforcement for infringing AI outputs.

Our priority now is to review the evidence from the consultation which will inform the Government response

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