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# UK government drops AI copyright reform, keeps status quo pending evidence
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-18-uk-copyright-ai-report-status-quo/
- Published: 2026-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:24.000Z
- Description: The UK government published its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, dropping its favoured broad text and data mining exception with opt-out and choosing to gather more evidence rather than legislate, minister Liz Kendall told Parliament.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology report, 18 March 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-and-impact-assessment-on-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/report-on-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish any new legal rule for AI training on copyright works; the report keeps the current law unchanged.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. UK keeps existing copyright/AI law unchanged, single country, no rule change. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)