AI, Copyright, and Productivity in the Creative Industries

AI training and copyright

Can AI be trained on protected works?

Only with permission or pay

Cambridge experts warn against an opt-out regime for AI training

What it says

The brief argues an opt-out model would burden emerging creatives, questions how opted-out works could be identified, compensated or erased, advises caution on any text and data mining exemption without robust economic analysis, and recommends confirming that only human authors get copyright in AI outputs.

Academic evidence that fed into the UK's decision to step back from an opt-out exception.

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