Copyright Office To Consider AI Proposal as Part of the Current DMCA Triennial Review -

A key feature of the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is its prohibition of circumventing access controls that have been implemented to protect copyrighted works. As part of the Copyright Office’s ninth triennial review of the DMCA, the office announced on October 19, 2023, that it is considering, and seeking public comment on, seven different carveouts to this prohibition, one of which would provide an exemption for researchers examining biases within artificial intelligence (AI) models. If any of the proposed exemptions are ultimately approved, they will be in effect from October 2024 to October 2027.