UK IPO suggests copyright exception for text and data mining

The United Kingdom’s Intellectual Property Office has concluded a study on “how AI should be dealt with in the patent and copyright systems.”

For text and data mining, we plan to introduce a new copyright and database exception which allows TDM for any purpose. Rights holders will still have safeguards to protect their content, including a requirement for lawful access.

Consultation outcome / Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents

They also considered copyright protection for computer-generated works without a human author, and patent protection for AI-devised inventions. But they suggest no changes in the law for these latter two areas.