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Some point out that innovative AI developers already demonstrate business models based on licensing datasets from creators, and the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko, pointed that out. Those licenses are available, but I am afraid the noble Lord misunderstands the way collecting societies operate. Those models are available, and collecting societies could administer them perfectly well. I can testify to that. This proves that opt-out is not the only viable path. It is notable that organisations such as UKAI do not support the Government’s opt-out position. Tim Flagg, its CEO, said that UKAI concludes that existing copyright law is adequate and should not be changed to an opt-out model: