There's now a fully linked HTML version of the UK's Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, which received Royal Assent yesterday www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/1...
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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 as passed by the UK Parliament www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/ (PDF only so far)
Other docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/p...
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Blink and you'll miss it: Royal Assent to the UK's Data (Use and Access) Act Bill – now the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 – announced in the House of Lords this morning www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... (from 11.06am)
Docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825
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The piece was incredibly important to me and I was determined to stop it being copied, so I placed my copyright – © RobMcGibbon – at the foot of the article in the hope of deterring thieves.
AI stole my Daily Mail article about a rift with my dad within hours www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Hard to have much sympathy for this guy. I mean, never mind the ethics of AI and copyright – he wrote an article for the Mail.
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To be absolutely clear, I will reiterate that copyright law in the UK is unchanged. Works are protected unless one of the existing exceptions, which have existed for some time, such as exceptions for teaching and research, applies, or the rights holder has granted permission for their work to be used. That is the law. What we are working to provide is an approach that delivers not only legal certainty in the abstract, but also practical certainty in a copyright regime that is respected and enforceable, while still balancing the needs of copyright owners as well as copyright users.
Letter from DSIT Secretary Peter Kyle regarding AI and copyright, in response to Commons CMS chair Caroline Dinenage's letter of 28 May committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Royal Assent to the UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill is scheduled for 19 June i.e. this Thursday bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/s...
Some sections come into force immediately but most require regs publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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Earlier this month, the House of Lords dealt a fourth defeat to the government over its plans to allow tech companies to use copyrighted material to train their models. Peers backed calls for greater transparency after musicians such as Sir Elton John also warned of the threat to creative industries. The Data (Use and Access) Bill has now been returned to the Commons. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said it is carrying out a wider consultation on these issues and will not consider changes to the Bill unless they are completely satisfied that they work for creators.
Comic book artist says AI is 'threat to livelihood' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Gloucestershire article published today reports that the UK's Data Bill is still in play. Actually ping-pong ended last week and the Bill is only awaiting Royal Assent.
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Last week, I covered some misconceptions about the contents of the Bill and what we are trying to achieve separately in relation to artificial intelligence and copyright. I fear that some of those misconceptions persist. The Guardian carried the following sentence this weekend: "The AI Bill, which proposes allowing tech companies to use copyrighted material, has suffered a fifth defeat in the Lords." That was repeated by one of the presenters on the "Today" programme, who stated that the Bill allows AI companies to use copyright material. I am glad the "Today" programme has apologised and corrected the record. Let me reiterate: this is not an AI Bill and it does not propose changing copyright in any regard whatsoever. If the Bill goes forward in the way proposed by the Government, there will be no diminution in the robustness of the UK copyright regime. Sometimes I want to say, in the words of Richard II, "you have mistook us all this while."
The Guardian's previous misreporting on this point was highlighted in last week's House of Commons debate on the Data Bill: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
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Ministers have been locked in a battle with critics in the House of Lords over whether AI is unfairly being trained on creative material without credit of compensation. Its data bill allowing copyrighted material to be used unless the rights holder opts out passed its final stage this week in a defeat for those fighting for further protections. The issue has caused a fierce backlash from the creative sector, with artists including Elton John, Tom Stoppard, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush throwing their weight behind a campaign to protect copyrighted material.
The Guardian continues to misrepresent the Data (Use and Access) Bill. The Bill makes no change to the law on AI and copyright.
UK government rollout of Humphrey AI tool raises fears about reliance on big tech www.theguardian.com/technology/2... by Rowena Mason
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#DataBill opposed by Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa finally passes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Data (Use and Access) Bill passed without #tech copyright protections amendment.
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An AI regulator is the critical component of a private AI regulation Bill that Lord Holmes has introduced. "Don't think big, not a do-it-all-regulator, but an agile, nimble, horizontally focused authority to be the custodian of the principles of UK AI regulation and a centre of excellence and expertise that all the other industry specific regulators could draw upon. Crucially, it would be horizontally focused to enable that guiding mind, that consistency," said Holmes.
A small, perfectly formed UK AI authority: A UK Peer's answer to AI copyright www.verdict.co.uk/a-small-perf...
Tory peer Lord Holmes of Richmond is again talking up his Private Member's Bill with plans for a UK AI regulator bills.parliament.uk/bills/3942/p...
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Hansard of yesterday's (final) debate on the Data (Use and Access) Bill in the UK House of Lords hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
Further fulmination on AI and copyright, but no votes. Bill now clear for Royal Assent.
Docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/p...
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Quote from James Baker, ORG Programme Manager – Platform Power: "At a time when people increasingly feel they aren’t in control, Government has made it easier for Big Tech to make automated decisions about us."
The passing of the Data Bill is a power grab from the public to the powerful.
Organisations will now be able to do more things with your personal data and you'll have less ability to push back.
🗣️ James Baker, ORG Programme Manager.
Read more ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
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DUA Bill passes through parliament. ❗️
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The Ping Pong is over.
The Lords withdraw the Copyright and AI amendments.
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Lord Berkeley speaks again and says that actually he's decided enough is enough – he has *withdrawn* his amendment on AI transparency. Ffs, after all that.
No division, peers pile out of the chamber again.
Ping-pong on the UK's Data Bill is OVER.
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Lord Berkeley has introduced his amendment on AI transparency. Says Baroness Kidron has "inspired him to take up the cudgels". Not much enthusiasm in the chamber, but Kidron herself criticises Government's amendments in lieu and commends Berkeley's amendment. Uh-oh.
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Today's debate on the UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill is starting in the Lords www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... (from 7.33pm)
End of ping-pong on AI transparency, or is it?
Motions bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/s...
Bill docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825
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Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Knight, misses one or two points. My noble friend Lady Kidron has made it clear that this is her last stand, so nobody is suggesting that noble Lords are going to try to defeat this Bill. Indeed, I do not think any of us would want to do that.
This intervention comes as a surprise. Lord Berkeley spoke on AI and copyright in the past several Data Bill debates, but he isn't one of the obvious headbangers members.parliament.uk/member/4276/...
Last week he seemed in tune with Kidron's decision not to press further.
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This means that in principle the UK's Data Bill could be in for another round of ping-pong.
In practice though this feels like a last-minute stunt – I doubt Lord Berkeley will have the same level of support among peers as did Baroness Kidron.
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There's always one …
Lord Berkeley of Knighton (aka notable composer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley) is, like Baroness Kidron, a cross-bench peer.
The novelty of Berkeley's amendment is that it would add a clause to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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49U_ Before Clause 138, insert the following new Clause— "Disclosure of use and accessing of copyright works in AI training After section 21 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation) insert— "21A Disclosure of use and accessing of copyright works in AI training (1) A person who uses copyright works in the training of an artificial intelligence (AI) model forthe purposes of a service with links to the United Kingdom within the meaning of subsection (2) shall make publicly available a statement identifying the copyright works used, and the means by which those works were accessed. (2) The service has links with the United Kingdom if— (a) it has a significant number of UK users, or (b) United Kingdom users form one of the target markets forthe service (or the only target market). (3) The requirement in subsection (1) shall not apply where the rights holder has granted a licence to the person using the copyright works. (4) In this section, "training" means the pre-training, training, fine-tuning and retrieval-augmented generation of an AI model, or any other point at which a data input is made to an AI model."""
Plot twist! Lord Berkeley of Knighton (no, me neither) intends to put forward yet another amendment on AI transparency, when the UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill returns to the Lords this afternoon bills.parliament.uk/publications...
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The UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill returns to the Lords today, for what *should* be the conclusion of "ping-pong" on amendments re AI and copyright.
The debate is on the order paper as "dinner break business" which I gather means it should start at roughly 7.30pm.
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Communication on this was haphazard at best. The invitations to committees were sent to generic inboxes on Friday evening, with our acceptance—and resources—taken for granted in a broadcast to all colleagues on Saturday morning (albeit otherwise more informative). And all for a matter to be debated tomorrow, Tuesday. The framing of the proposal is not at all clear on constitution and status, eligibility and protocols for participation, time commitment, objectives and potential outputs. Even the title is confusing, suggestive of a new parliamentary body with a remit to consider, develop and produce something, but "set up and run by DSIT". Parliament already has bodies which — as your letter kindly acknowledged — work tirelessly at scrutiny, two of which — the Science, Innovation & Technology, and Culture, Media & Sport, Committees — have already taken evidence jointly, incidentally with the self-same title as your proposal, AI and copyright, likely only to add to confusion about the provenance and role of the new body. The letter from Minister Bryant, received on Saturday 7 June by all colleagues referred to "seeking expertise from the Commons DSIT and DCMS select committees and the Lords Science and Communications Committees" it would be helpful to have a clear indication of what is intended in this regard.
DSIT Secretary Peter Kyle MP has written to Committee chairs about setting up a Parliamentary Working Group for the issue of AI and Copyright committees.parliament.uk/publications...
The joint response from the chairs is rather tetchy committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Hansard of today's debate on the Data (Use and Access) Bill in the UK House of Commons hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
MPs again rejected Baroness Kidron's latest amendment on AI and copyright.
Ben Spencer MP performed a poem in the style of The Gruffalo.
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Chart showing votes by party on a UK House of Commons motion disagreeing with an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, 10 June 2025
Division card showing how individual MPs voted votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
304 to 190, a discrepancy of one MP in the nos compared to announcement.
Alternative presentation from @theyworkforyou.com: 303 to 189 votes.theyworkforyou.com/decisions/di...
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MPs have again rejected Baroness Kidron's amendment on AI transparency, and voted to send back the UK Government's amendments in lieu.
Ayes 304 nays 189
Peers are expected to acquiesce in the Lords tomorrow, bringing an end to ping-pong on the Data Bill.
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This report represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first UK-wide exploration of the overall impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the full breadth of the UK’s screen sector. Our film, high-end television and video games industries are not only economic powerhouses – employing more than 200,000 people and contributing an estimated £21 billion in gross value added to the UK economy – but also vital cultural ambassadors, shaping global perceptions of UK creativity and storytelling.
This is the BFI report mentioned in today's Data Bill debate:
AI in the Screen Sector www.bfi.org.uk/news/generat...
Guardian coverage:
AI plundering scripts poses 'direct threat' to UK screen sector, says BFI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Kidron's amendment, returned for a second time by the Lords last week, is here bills.parliament.uk/publications...
And these are the UK Government's amendments in lieu publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
Other Bill docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/p...
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