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Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 18 March 2026

Technology secretary says government no longer prefers plan to allow tech firms to take copyrighted work

Actors, musicians and writers have welcomed the UK government’s decision to backtrack on plans to let AI firms use copyright-protected work without permission .

Technology secretary Liz Kendall said it no longer had a “preferred option” on copyright reform, having previously supported a proposal allowing tech companies to take copyrighted work – unless rights holders opted out of the process.