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impact assessment have been published by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology.", "text_sha256": "ef96fb65c8c8e4cd52e55ec965ad076c2bdcc3c839783493a42af7c04798f6eb" }, { "subject": "US Copyright Office", "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf", "document": "Copyright and AI Part 3: generative AI training", "question": "jurisdiction", "answer": "us", "answer_text": "the United States", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "Fair use is a judge-made doctrine now codified in Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act.", "text_sha256": "66bb12456a4b4901fb534a12194213668d154a0693bbbc73953d230af27a1f79" }, { "subject": "US Copyright Office", "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf", "document": "Copyright and AI Part 3: generative AI training", "question": "topic", "answer": "ai-training", "answer_text": "the authority's position on AI training", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "The Office expects that some uses of copyrighted works for generative AI training will qualify as fair use, and some will not.", "text_sha256": "66bb12456a4b4901fb534a12194213668d154a0693bbbc73953d230af27a1f79" }, { "subject": "US Copyright Office", "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf", "document": "Copyright and AI Part 3: generative AI training", "question": "rule", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "the copying of expressive works from pirate sources in order to generate unrestricted…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "the copying of expressive works from pirate sources in order to generate unrestricted content that competes in the marketplace, when licensing is reasonably available, is unlikely to qualify as fair use.", "text_sha256": "66bb12456a4b4901fb534a12194213668d154a0693bbbc73953d230af27a1f79" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106", "label": "17 U.S. Code section 106 (Cornell LII)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "secondary", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107", "label": "17 U.S. Code section 107 (Cornell LII)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "secondary", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102", "label": "17 U.S. Code section 102 (Cornell LII)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "secondary", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101", "label": "17 U.S. Code section 101 (Cornell LII)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "secondary", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ40.pdf", "label": "US Copyright Office, Circular 40: Copyright registration for pictorial, graphic and sculptural works", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/113", "label": "17 U.S. Code section 113 (Cornell LII)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "secondary", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/", "label": "US Copyright Office, Copyright and artificial intelligence", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/4", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 4", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap900/ch900-visual-art.pdf", "label": "US Copyright Office, Compendium (Third) chapter 900: visual art works", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf", "label": "US Copyright Office, Copyright and AI Part 2: copyrightability", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf", "label": "US Copyright Office, Copyright and AI Part 3: generative AI training (pre-publication)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/9", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/51", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 51", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/90", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 90", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/213", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 213", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence", "label": "UK IPO, Copyright and artificial intelligence consultation", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/29A", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 29A", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence", "label": "UK IPO, Copyright and artificial intelligence (consultation text)", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright", "label": "UK IPO, Exceptions to copyright", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet", "label": "UK IPO, Copyright notice: digital images, photographs and the internet", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/design-right", "label": "UK IPO, How your unregistered designs are protected", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11", "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 11", "license": "from the publisher's own statutes and copyright authority pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" } ], "methodology": "Each provision's own statutes and copyright authority pages were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every page, three questions were answered from its own words: whose law it is, what the provision settles, the rule, in its own words. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the page read does not address the question. A provision with several pages reads 'varies' where they disagree. 9 provisions, 9 pages.", "embed": "
9 provisions of US and UK copyright law and guidance read for this register, each quoted from the statute or the authority's own page, read 27 October 2026.
What copyright law says about 3D models and AI, sell3dmodelstoai.com
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