Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to trial a rights reservation mechanism, with satisfactory feedback from rightsholders, prior to proposing any copyright exception for text and data mining by artificial intelligence.

The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.

This consultation seeks views on proposals to introduce a text and data mining exception alongside a rights reservation mechanism and transparency measures. The Government believes these measures should progress together and could come into operation when effective, proportionate, and accessible technological solutions were in place.

The Government recognises the vital importance of right holder feedback on a rights reservation mechanism, and how it will work in practice, and will take this feedback into account as it develops its approach.

The consultation closes on 25 February.