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Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

Commons · Question 27358 · Tabled 4 Sep 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure rights holders are remunerated when their copyright works are used to train artificial intelligence models.

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 15 Sep 2026

This government believes creatives should be able to know and control how their content is used by AI firms and be able to seek fair payment. Working alongside DBIST, we will take steps to drive best practice on transparency, and on the use of the mechani...