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On March 18, 2026, the UK government published its report (the Report) and impact assessment on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, following the UK Government’s consultation on Copyright and AI which launched in December 2024.

The Consultation

The Consultation aimed to explore how copyright could best support the potential of AI while protecting the UK’s position as a “creative powerhouse.” It set out four policy options, and indicated that the UK government’s preferred proposal at the time of the Consultation was option 3:

On November 4, 2025, the UK High Court handed down judgment in Getty Images v. Stability AI,[1] a case emphasized for its significance to content creators and the AI industry and “the balance to be struck between the two warring factions”.[2] Despite significant public interest in the lawsuit, the issues that remained before the court on the “diminished”[3] case were limited (after Getty abandoned its primary infringement claims during trial). The judgment dismisses Getty’s remaining claims of secondary copyright infringement. While some claims of trademark infringement asserted by Getty were upheld, Justice Joanna Smith DBE acknowledged the findings were “extremely limited in scope”.[4]