Matthew Lesh: The UK's copyright regime creates legal uncertainty for AI development and is going to hold us back | Conservative Home

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : This was also backed by policy reviews undertaken for the current and previous governments, including Sir Patrick Vallance's Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review in 2023 and Matt Clifford's AI Opportunities Action Plan in January 2025.
52% : Later, ideas about moral rights emerged on the continent (blame the French) and seeped into the UK through membership of the European Union.
45% : Changes that make the UK a more difficult place to train and adopt AI than even the EU (which has already begun reforming its laws), let alone the more hospitable jurisdictions, would prompt an exodus of top AI companies, talent, and investment.

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