United KingdomCopies for Text and Data Analysis for Non-Commercial Research (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s. 29A)
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, c. 48, s. 29A
In force since .
An AI training data rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- TDM, Attribution
- Audit expectation
- none
- Setting the rule reaches
- General
As of .
What it requires
- Rely on the text and data analysis exception only where you have lawful access to the work and the copy is made so that a person with lawful access can carry out a computational analysis of what the work records for the sole purpose of research for a non-commercial purpose.
- Accompany the copy with a sufficient acknowledgement, unless that is impossible for reasons of practicality or otherwise.
- Do not transfer the copy to another person, or use it for any other purpose, without the copyright owner's authorisation, as either infringes copyright.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 29A sets the conditions under which a copy for non-commercial research analysis does not infringe copyright; it does not require anyone to keep or produce a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 29A lets a person with lawful access to a copyright work make a copy of it in order to carry out a computational analysis of anything recorded in the work, for the sole purpose of research for a non-commercial purpose, provided the copy carries a sufficient acknowledgement where practicable. Transferring the copy to another person, or using it for any other purpose, without the copyright owner's authority infringes copyright, and a copy later sold or let for hire is an infringing copy.
The exception covers only analysis for the sole purpose of research for a non-commercial purpose, and a contract term that purports to prevent or restrict a copy the section permits is unenforceable.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app trains models.