Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Conclusion 3
Fifth Report - Creator remuneration
Published 10 Apr 2024
Paragraph 39
Addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Creator remuneration All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Despite our previous recommendations that the Government win back the trust of creators regarding their concerns over AI, its working group has not been able to bring forward a code of practice on AI and intellectual property. Although the Government asserted that it could consider legislating were agreement not reached, it has not indicated that it will do so. It is unlikely that simply conducting a further period of engagement with the sectors, with no clarity over its overall aims, will have any meaningful effect. We are concerned that the status quo simply favours AI developers, given creators’ concerns that their IP is already being used in AI development without licence or any practical means of recourse.
From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Fifth Report - Creator remuneration (HC 156), paragraph 39, 10 April 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 November 2024 (deadline 10 June 2024).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government welcomes the report but sets out a largely evidence-gathering and industry-led approach, with few firm commitments to the legislative or statutory measures the Committee recommended.
- On a statutory private copying scheme, the government is "not ruling out" a private copying exception and levy, but "further evidence is needed"; the IPO will meet creative industries representatives on strengthening the evidence base.
- On AI and copyright, the government "intend[s] to proceed carefully but with a degree of urgency" and "hope[s] to announce next steps soon". It does not set the deadline for legislation that the Committee sought.
- On freelancers, it does not state a position on a Freelancers' Commissioner. A Good Work Review sub-group is "expected to discuss proposals" for one, and the five Good Work proposals are to be implemented "by March 2026".
- On music streaming, its "current view" is that dialogue and "industry-led action" are best. It is confident the Working Group's membership is adequate and will "adapt the group if it feels it is necessary".