I've just finished reading the UK Government's new report today on the use of copyright works in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, produced by the Dept for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Dept for Culture, Media and Sport & the Intellectual Property Office UK.

Here are the key respondent views + conclusions from the government - I'm available for on-air commentary as needed:

📌Gov UK most concerned about AI creating "digital replicas" of someone’s voice or face - but bizarrely not bothered about copyrighted texts, images, software etc being used in AI model training datasets (the report calls it "input transparency")

📌There is currently no mandate for AI developers to disclose publicly what IP they are using in their datasets, only which web crawlers they use to crawl the internet. But not what data they crawl or what it is used for

📌Creative industries strongly support the introduction of mandatory standards on input transparency, while tech firms have complained of the "practical and financial burdens of disclosure", particularly affecting small AI startups

📌AI developers & tech firms want exceptions to copyright for AI innovation. Creative industries have rejected the option to opt out of this

📌Gov UK to work on best practices around labelling the content outputted by AI models as AI-generated, but they want to see what other nations do first

📌However, Govt UK said this despite including in this report the new legislation from California, China and South Korea that already requires AI content to be labelled as such on release

📌Gov UK won't "intervene" in the copyright licensing market right now, because "many stakeholders" didn't want it (who tho? 👀)

📌Gov UK to "consider" further work on barriers to enforcing IP rights

Dunno, feels like the House of Lords is right. The UK Govt is still hedging against tightening legislation, in favour of the tech giants.

But what happens when the AI models ingest everything related to all white collar jobs that require a computer? What will we do then?

Full report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69ba692226909a14239612e4/CP2602959_-_Report_on_Copyright_and_Artificial_Intelligence_web.pdf

#AI #copyrightlaw #UKlaw #generativeAI #technology #technews

“It’s about legalising and regulating. If someone has a problematic relationship to drugs then surely the answer is to make sure they’re seen by a medical professional who can help them”

Pleased to see this. Portugal has already shown that a public health approach works much better.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/01/zack-polanski-green-party-legalise-drugs-alcohol

#drugs #law #UKLaw #health #GreenParty

From Fiona at Granite and Sunlight - someone I have a lot of respect for:

"I used to be on the other side of this. I know what’s at stake and why people want it. But I have experiences, both my own and those of disabled people I’ve worked with, loved or supported, which most people don’t. I know the systems we’re all relying on to ‘safeguard’ vulnerable people. I know them intimately. I know they cannot.

"... the real coercion we’re talking about is society-wide and can’t be easily accounted for in vetting. As care and funds and access to treatment are cut, the fallout doesn’t just affect us. We watch our loved ones give up careers to provide care, watch our lives shrink as the cost of disability takes more and more from our families, see the weight of worry and work. ...

"I wish we lived in a society where we could do this knowing people had received the support and treatment they needed so the choice would only be made when necessary.

"Instead we live in this one, where access to the basics of housing, food and treatment are increasingly precarious and a constant battle with the same systems people are entrusting this Bill’s safeguarding to.

"It isn’t safe."

"Why I Oppose The Assisted Dying Bill"
https://graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/why-i-oppose-the-assisted-dying-bill/

#AssistedDying #UKLaw #disability #suicide #coercion

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/116238995003869931

Shouldn't something be done about this corruption or does the Epstein Class have the say on that?

#UKPol #UKPolitics #ReformUK #Corruption #ElectoralCommission #NigelFarage #Farage #EpsteinClass #UKLaw #UKCrime

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116239244414477705

Time for some arrests then...

#UKPol #UKPolitics #UKLaw

“Can’t the Commons just ignore the Lords?”
Sort of. But not quietly — and not without consequences.
Here’s how override actually works.
#LetsRethink #Parliament #UKLaw

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/lets-rethink-the-lords-commons-vs-lords/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The British Government embarrassing itself repeatedly trying to 'win' against a music act from Northern Ireland.
Can't let a colonial score points off their dying system, can they?
How much money has been wasted on this display of pettiness?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/11/kneecap-rapper-terrorism-trial-high-court-throws-out-cps-appeal

#Kneecap #Colonialism #UKPol #UKPolitics #UKLaw #HomeOffice

"Thousands of Lawyers"

But Epstein Class Labour politicians know better than all those, and they're not raging narcissists at all....nope....

Did anyone vote Labour for this to happen? Of course not.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/10/lawyers-urge-keir-starmer-rethink-plans-cut-jury-trials

#KeirStarmer #DavidLammy #JuryTrials #UKLaw #Starmer #Labour #UKPol #UKpolitics

Valve Faces Legal Reckoning Over Music Rights Gap on Steam

#Valve #Steam #COPYRIGHT #UKLaw #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-10-valve-faces-legal-reckoning-over-music-rights-gap-on-steam-b3de9b9f