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Luke Gbedemah's avatar

Government is yet to publish the consultations, and therefore the argument that model training companies make in favour of free and unlimited use, or in favour of more permissive licensing. That will be very very interesting to see!

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Graham Lovelace's avatar

Won't it just! Wonder if they'll sit on the responses for a year or so, kick the can down the road.

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Luke Gbedemah's avatar

Guidance suggests 12 weeks from close, so next week is the "deadline"... we shall see.

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Graham Lovelace's avatar

Well spotted! They also promised a "wider engagement activity" during the consultation "to help ensure that the full range of views is heard". That activity either never happened or took place on the dark side of the moon.

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The I.P.ologist's avatar

Great read - It will be interesting to see how the amendments develop and what the Lords can get into the Bill - perhaps another form of report after 12 months is the best they can hope for, but hopefully the Government will include some provisions to protect the creative industries.

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Luke Gbedemah's avatar

12 months or longer... in any scenario, it seems unlikely there will be a retrospective application of copyright law... like harvest now decrypt later, what's gone is probably gone.

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