US EditionBritish govt suffers setback in AI copyright battle
- On Monday, May 12, 2025, members of the House of Lords approved an amendment that protects content creators by opposing the AI copyright exceptions proposed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
- The amendment came after opposition to the government’s proposal that would allow AI companies to use copyrighted materials without obtaining permission for training commercial AI models, as outlined in the Data bill.
- The House of Lords approved an amendment by a vote of 272 to 125 that mandates authors' approval and transparency regarding the copyrighted content used by AI developers, following backing from more than 400 creators such as well-known British musicians and performers.
- The amendment’s sponsor emphasized the value of cultural works such as the Harry Potter series and major music archives, arguing that creators oppose having their work exploited to develop AI technology without compensation, only to have to pay to use the resulting products.
- The bill now returns to the House of Commons for further debate, and the government may remove the amendment despite concerns it could harm UK AI innovation and economic growth ambitions.
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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law
Dua Lipa performs on May 12th in Spain. | Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns for ABA Last week, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen, Elton John, and hundreds of others in the UK creative industry signed an open letter backing an effort to force AI firms to reveal the copyrighted works used to train their models. They support an amendment to the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill proposed by letter organizer Beeban Kidron, adding the requirement,…
U.K. Government’s AI Plans Dealt Fresh Blow in Move Backed by Elton John, Dua Lipa and Others
The U.K. government’s plans to allow artificial intelligence firms to use copyrighted work, including music, have been dealt another setback by the House of Lords. An amendment to the data bill which required AI companies to disclose the copyrighted works their models are trained on was backed by peers in the upper chamber of U.K. Parliament, despite government opposition. The U.K.’s government has proposed an “opt out” approach for copyrigh…
UK Lords Approve AI Copyright Transparency Amendment
The UK government’s attempt to introduce a copyright exception for artificial intelligence (AI) training has met stiff resistance in the House of Lords, where a majority voted 272–125 in favour of an amendment requiring greater transparency from AI developers. The measure compels companies to disclose whether copyrighted material was used during AI training and to share that information with rights holders—marking a major pushback against unchec…
Hong Kong - Drawing The Line – Copyright Issues In AI-Generated Style Imitation. - Conventus Law
While it took Studio Ghibli 15 months to animate a four-second scene in The Wind Rises, it only took a few days for the internet to be flooded with images generated in the style of the renowned Japanese animation studio – enabled by OpenAI’s latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) image generation tool, released in late March 2025.1 This legal update explores some of the copyright issues behind this trend from a Hong Kong perspective…
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