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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Date not recorded): Core UK copyright statute; s.29A permits copying for text and data analysis only for non-commercial research by a person with lawful access.
3 instruments (3 current) · 1 obligation · 6 claims · 2 milestones
Instruments
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Date not recorded
Core UK copyright statute; s.29A permits copying for text and data analysis only for non-commercial research by a person with lawful access. No commercial AI training exception has been enacted. Getty v Stability AI tested secondary infringement over model weights.
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 In force since 2025-08-20
Act amending UK data protection law; for AI governance it creates the s.138 purported-intimate-image offences, the ss.135-137 copyright-and-AI reporting duties, and establishes the Information Commission.
- Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (section 136 Data (Use and Access) Act 2025) Published 2026-03-18
Government report laid under DUAA s.136 stating that a broad text-and-data-mining exception with opt-out is no longer its preferred way forward.
Obligations
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s.29A(1)
Copying for computational analysis is non-infringing only if made by a person with lawful access for the sole purpose of non-commercial research and accompanied by sufficient acknowledgement.
Milestones
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 ss.66E-66F (purported intimate image offences) in force Met
- Section 136 report on copyright works and AI due within nine months of 19 June 2025; report published 18 March 2026 Met
Claims and evidence (6)
The copyright and AI reporting duties in sections 135-137 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 came into force on 20 August 2025.
Evidence and sources
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
must, before the end of the period of 9 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
S. 136 in force at 20.8.2025 by S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(w)
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
Sections 135-136 required the Secretary of State to publish an economic impact assessment and a report on the use of copyright works in AI development within nine months of Royal Assent; the report was published on 18 March 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
must, before the end of the period of 9 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
(a)prepare and publish a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, and
- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sections 135-137 (Copyright works and artificial intelligence systems)
Derived: Probable The High Court's judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI, handed down 4 November 2025, held that Stability AI's model weights do not themselves store or reproduce Getty's copyright works, while finding limited trade mark infringement.
Evidence and sources
- Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), approved judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD) Royal Courts of Justice Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 04/1
- Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), approved judgment
In its section 136 report published 18 March 2026 the Government said a broad copyright exception with opt-out is no longer its preferred way forward and proposed to gather further evidence.
Evidence and sources
- Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
a broad copyright exception with opt-out is no longer the government's preferred way forward. We propose to gather further evidence on how copyright laws are impacting the development and deployment of AI across the economy.
- Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Published 18 March 2026 This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government ## Contents 1. Section A:
- Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This report has been prepared pursuant to section 136 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 ("the D(UA) Act"). It considers the use of copyright works in the development of artificial in
- Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Section 29A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 permits a copy made for computational analysis only where the sole purpose is non-commercial research and the person has lawful access.
Evidence and sources
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 29A
(1)The making of a copy of a work by a person who has lawful access to the work does not infringe copyright in the work provided that—
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 29A
(a)the copy is made in order that a person who has lawful access to the work may carry out a computational analysis of anything recorded in the work for the sole purpose of research for a non-commercial purpose, and
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 29A
Derived: Probable In its judgment of 4 November 2025 the High Court held that Stability AI's trained Stable Diffusion model does not store Getty's copyright works and that the model weights are not themselves an infringing copy; Getty has sought permission to appeal.
Evidence and sources
- Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), approved judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD) Royal Courts of Justice Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 04/1
- Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), approved judgment