Digitising cultural assets for AI use: Policy note
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...
BCC responds to Data regulation in the age of AI and other data intensive technologies Consultation
"The British Copyright Council welcomes the Government's focus on understanding how organisations access and use data in the development and deployment of AI and other data-intensive technologies. As the representative body for the UK's copyright community, our...
AI Adoption in the Creative Industries: From Theory to Practical Governance
The AI Adoption Plan for the Creative Industries marks an important change in emphasis. Rather than treating artificial intelligence as a future aspiration, it deals with the question how creators can use today's technologies in practical and productive ways. The Plan...
The AI Adoption Plan for the Creative Industries – update
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
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
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...
