UK government drops AI copyright reform, keeps status quo pending evidence

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.

Verified AI-drafted UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology report, 18 March 2026

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

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

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