It is reported that Hong Kong plans to offer an “opt-out” option to protect copyright holders in response to the proposed copyright exceptions for text and data mining in copyright laws. According to Director of Intellectual Property David Wong Fuk-loi, copyright owners can simply declare they refuse to allow others to use their works, which constitutes an “opt-out.” A bill to amend the Copyright Ordinance to support AI development will be submitted to the Legislative Council in the first half of 2025. The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is proposing the exception for both commercial and non-commercial uses, allowing reasonable use of copyrighted works in computational data analysis and processing.
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