Monday Morning Moan - why is the UK Intellectual Property Office more set on US AI interests than those of UK creatives?

As the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s Inquiry into AI and copyright was concluding – in person evidential sessions finished on 13 January – policymakers were just getting started on what promises to be a springtime for decision-making.

As we saw from my earlier reports, the UK Government’s spokespeople, Secretaries of State Lisa Nandy (DCMS) and Liz Kendall (DSIT), took the opportunity to say nothing of substance to the Lords’ Inquiry – after three years of inaction and PR blunders. But they did signal that a decision will appear in March.

So, what will that decision be? For the UK’s creative sectors, the signs are bad. Very bad.

A Westminster policy conference this month offered some instructive – if outrageous – insights into the government’s thinking on these issues. Unusually, it was a joint event from the Westminster Legal Policy Forum and the Westminster Media Forum, titled ‘The Future ...