Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 29A: text and data analysis for non-commercial research only (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 c. 48, s 29A(1))
The UK's text and data analysis exception covers only non-commercial research by someone with lawful access. A commercial AI buyer cannot rely on it to copy a UK holder's records, and it never reaches records the buyer cannot lawfully access.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“The making of a copy of a work by a person who has lawful access to the work does not infringe copyright in the work provided that ... (a) the copy is made in order that a person who has lawful access to the work may carry out a computational analysis of anything recorded in the work for the sole purpose of research for a non-commercial purpose,”
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