Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Eleventh Report - Connected tech: AI and creative technology
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
HC 1643
Published 30 August 2023
Recommendations
3
Deferred
Para 21
Establish a discrete AI regulation co-ordination unit within Whitehall to publish regular progress reports.
Recommendation
The Government has announced that it intends to take on a central support role to buttress the regime for AI regulation and provide cross-sector cohesion. The Government should establish a discrete AI regulation co-ordination unit within Whitehall to ensure coherent …
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Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses implementing and ratifying the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances and exploring stronger protections against the misuse of performers' likenesses, but does not address the recommendation to establish a discrete AI regulation co-ordination unit or publish regular reports.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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5
Deferred
Para 31
Cease pursuing broad text and data mining copyright exemption; promote strong licensing schemes.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government does not pursue plans for a broad text and data mining exemption to copyright. Instead, the Government should proactively support small AI developers in particular, who may find difficulties in acquiring licences, by reviewing how …
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Government Response Summary
The government's response focuses on implementing the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances and addressing deepfakes, rather than directly addressing the recommendation concerning text and data mining copyright exemptions, licensing schemes, or a strong copyright regime for AI content.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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6
Deferred
Para 32
Regain creative industries' trust; ensure transparency, recourse, and redress for AI use.
Recommendation
The Government must work to regain the trust of the creative industries following its abortive attempt to introduce a broad text and data mining exemption. The Government should consider how creatives can ensure transparency and, if necessary, recourse and redress …
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Government Response Summary
The government's response addresses the implementation of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances and issues like deepfakes, sidestepping the recommendation to regain trust with creative industries and consider transparency and redress for wrongful AI use of creative works.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Conclusions (1)
4
Conclusion
Deferred
Para 30
We are pleased that the Government has been listening to stakeholders on text and data mining intellectual property for commercial benefit and we are encouraged that Ministers are looking again at this. The current framework, which provides an exemption for text and data mining for non-commercial research purposes and otherwise …
Government Response Summary
The government responds by discussing its commitment to implementing the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, which relates to moral rights for performers and deepfakes, and not to the committee's observation on text and data mining intellectual property.