Dr Paula Westenberger's Response to UK IPO Public Consultation on Copyright and AI

Abstract

This response to the 2025 UK IPO Public Consultation on Copyright and AI summarises some of the arguments made in the forthcoming paper Westenberger, P. and Farmaki, D. (2025) ‘Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Research: the Challenges in UK Copyright Law and Policy’. It addresses questions 5, 16, 28 and 29 of the consultation. It argues that the boundaries between any new commercial TDM exception and the non-commercial research exception must be carefully and clearly delineated, and that s. 29A CDPA must be clarified and expanded. It also flags that the heritage sector (in its full breadth and diversity) and researchers in such contexts should be taken into further consideration in AI and copyright policy. This response was produced as part of Dr Paula Westenberger BRAID UK (AHRC funded AH/X007146/1) Research Fellowship.