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Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 50211 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will require operators of generative AI models to seek approval from authors for using any published materials available online prior to using such materials for their own purposes.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 14 May 2025

The UK Copyright regime is clear about the rights holders’ intellectual property rights. Works can only be used where permission is granted or where there is an existing exception in copyright law. It is possible for rights holders to license the use of t...