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Lords stand firm on AI copyright protections
The House of Lords has once again voted in favour of adding copyright protections to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, marking a fourth defeat for the Government on this issue.
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The Labour Party has appointed Thangam Debonnaire as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and also appointed Peter Kyle as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
This change aligns the Shadow Cabinet with the government departments (earlier this year, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was split into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and, separately, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology).
In addition, Chris Bryant has been appointed as the cross-departmental Shadow Minister for Creative Industries and Digital.
The PPA will be contacting the offices of Debonnaire, Kyle, and Bryant to introduce ourselves as the trade body for the specialist publishing sector.
The House of Lords has once again voted in favour of adding copyright protections to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, marking a fourth defeat for the Government on this issue.
The Data (Use and Access) Bill has become the subject of parliamentary ‘ping pong’ between the Lords and the Commons, as peers continue to press for stronger transparency requirements on AI developers using copyrighted content.
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