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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI use of copyrighted work

Liz Kendall
Technology secretary Liz Kendall. The government’s previous stance had triggered a backlash from the creative industries. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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.

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