AI and the Law

This episode is all about the law and policy around AI and copyright. By the end of this episode, you will better understand the process of how law is made and feel that you know, and are entitled to, engage in that process. I also answer: How is law made? What are governments and regulators doing to protect artists from AI? Is current, or proposed UK law adequate for this challenge? How can artists engage with policy consultations?

IN THIS EPISODE

01:11 Law as an evolving thing we can engage with

04:32 How is law actually made? And what’s a Select Committee?

10:10 What are governments and regulators doing to protect artists from AI?

12:53 The UK IPO consultation on AI and copyright and the proposed copyright exception for AI

20:31 Is current, or proposed UK law adequate for this challenge?

21:55 House of Lords Communications Committee Report on AI and Copyright

24:12 How can artists engage with policy consultations?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Find your local MP: https://www.mysociety.org/

• Example of a consultation response by Hayleigh: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/162639/pdf/

• House of Lords Communications Committee Report: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7827/large-language-models/publications/

• Government AI announcement: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-03-18/hcws1416

• Buy your copy of Copyright in the Music Industry (second edition, 2026):⁠ https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/copyright-in-the-music-industry-9781035330386.html⁠

FIND DR HAYLEIGH BOSHER

• Instagram: ⁠@hayleigh.bosher⁠

• Website: ⁠ https://www.hayleighbosher.com/

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CREDITS

Whose Song Is It Anyway? is produced by Good Form

Funded by The British Academy

DISCLAIMER

Nothing in this podcast constitutes legal advice. It is legal education to help you learn more about your rights.