“ copyright owner ” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
“ develop ” an AI system means carry on an activity involved in producing the system, such as (for example) designing, programming, training or testing the system (and related terms are to be interpreted accordingly);
“ medium-sized business ” means a business with at least 50 but fewer than 250 staff;
“ micro business ” means a business with fewer than 10 staff;
“ small business ” means a business with at least 10 but fewer than 50 staff;
“ use ” an AI system means instruct an AI system to generate outputs or to influence an environment (and related terms are to be interpreted accordingly).
I245 S. 135 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 142(1)
I246 S. 135 in force at 20.8.2025 by S.I. 2025/904 , reg. 2(v)
136 Report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems U.K.
(a) prepare and publish a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, and
(b) lay the report before Parliament.
(2) The report must consider—
(a) the four policy options described in section B.4 of the Copyright and AI Consultation Paper, read with relevant parts of section C of that Paper (policy options about copyright law and the training of artificial intelligence models using copyright works), and
(b) such alternative options as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) The report must consider, and make proposals in relation to, each of the following—
(a) technical measures and standards (for example, measures and standards concerned with metadata) that may be used to control—
(i) the use of copyright works to develop AI systems, and
(ii) the accessing of copyright works for that purpose (for example, by web crawlers);
(b) the effect of copyright on access to, and use of, data by developers of AI systems (for example, on text and data mining), including the effect on developers who are individuals, micro businesses, small businesses or medium-sized businesses;
(c) the disclosure of information by developers of AI systems about—
(i) their use of copyright works to develop AI systems, and
(ii) how they access copyright works for that purpose (for example, by means of web crawlers);
(d) the granting of licences to developers of AI systems to do acts restricted by copyright, including the granting of licences by and to individuals, micro businesses, small businesses and medium-sized businesses;
(e) ways of enforcing requirements and restrictions relating to—
(ii) the accessing of copyright works for that purpose (for example, by web crawlers),
including enforcement by a regulator.