Digitising cultural assets for AI use: Policy note

Sep 30, 2026 | 2026, News, policy

The BCC has been asked to consider how the CCE may interface with commercial licensing arrangements, which fall outside the proper remit of a government body. This is particularly important in a nascent market, like AI licensing where licensing practices are still...

The AI Adoption Plan for the Creative Industries – update

Jun 9, 2026 | 2026, News

The AI Adoption Plan for the Creative Industries sets out a practical, trusted and augmentation‑first programme for the sector to achieve its objective. The plan reports current use of AI (with case studies) and lists eight recommendations, concluding that it will...

New Zealand – Copyright Update

Jun 9, 2026 | 2026, News

Implementing its free trade agreements with the UK and the EU respectively, the New Zealand Government has released a copyright package to meet the required obligations. The core items are unsurprising: extending the term of protection from 50 to 70 years (with the...

Thanks to Andrew Yeates

Jun 4, 2026 | 2026, News

The British Copyright Council without Andrew is hard to picture, and luckily we don’t have to. His experience and commitment to the UK’s creators and rights holders will continue to shape the organisation well beyond his formal transition to resident wise oracle. Not...
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