Copyright Law (2026), copying to develop artificial intelligence products and algorithms

Article 26(4) lets a person copy the original of a work, without the author's permission and without compensation, to develop artificial intelligence products and algorithms, provided the work was lawfully published, the copy was lawfully acquired and the copying stays within what the purpose needs. Article 37(1) requires every use under Articles 26 to 36 not to conflict with the normal exploitation of the work or unjustifiably prejudice the legitimate interests of rights holders.

The Implementing Regulation requires the copying and analysis not to extend to republishing, distributing or directly exploiting the work commercially. It bars use of the work in a purely commercial framework unless the use is non-essential to the work or does not affect its normal exploitation. It requires the developer to keep records of the type, source, purpose and date of each use and to give them to any competent authority hearing a dispute.

It bars altering, republishing, making available or unnecessarily embedding the work in final products without the rights holder's permission unless the work is in the public domain. Under Article 60 of the Law the Regulation applies from the Law's own commencement.