Prohibiting the use of a work for commercial text and data mining

Under the Copyright Act, copyright holders have the right to prohibit the use of their works in commercial text and data mining. On this page, we explain how you can set up the prohibition.

Works and other copyrighted material are widely used in the development of technological innovations by using text and data mining techniques, for example, in the training of AI and language models. Under the Copyright Act, copyright holders have the right to prohibit the use of their works and other copyrighted material, such as a book, article or photograph, in commercial text and data mining. In legal terms, this is known as a reservation of rights.

If you do not want your copyrighted material to be used for commercial text and data mining or to train AI, you must explicitly prohibit it in an appropriate way by using machine-readable means. You can include this prohibition either in the general terms of use of the material or in the metadata of the file and website. We have compiled examples of ways for copyright holders to reserve their rights in a machine-readable way. You can find the instructions at the bottom of this page as an attachment.

Please note that text and data mining by research organisations and cultural heritage institutions for the purposes of scientific research cannot be legally prevented by agreements or technical measures.

How does Kopiosto look after your rights on your behalf in the development of artificial intelligence?

Kopiosto safeguards the rights of those holders who have provided it with a Grant of Rights.

By signing the Grant of Rights, you allow Kopiosto to safeguard your rights and take action against the unauthorised use of your works, including the training of artificial intelligence models as well as commercial text and data mining.
Kopiosto ensures, on your behalf, that your copyright is respected and you are compensated for the use of your works. The authorisation you grant via the Grant of Rights applies to the printing, saving or photocopying of your texts and images published in books, magazines or on websites.

A new legal category brings the Grant of Rights Kopiosto into the age of artificial intelligence

A new category of rights relating to the training and development of artificial intelligence was added to the Grant of Rights in June 2025. In Grants of Rights issued after that date, the new legal category is included with immediate effect from the date of issue.

Have you signed the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto?

If you submitted a Grant of Rights to Kopiosto form before June 2025, you must visit in person to approve the addition made to your document.

If you have issued a Grant of Rights to Kopiosto after June 2025, your authorisation has included a new legal category relating to the training of artificial intelligence from the moment it has been issued. As such, you do not need to separately approve the addition made to your Grant of Rights to Kopiosto.

If you have not yet submitted a Grant of Rights to Kopiosto, please do so via Kopiosto’s authorisation service.

Read here to find out how Kopiosto safeguards your rights on your behalf, even in the age of artificial intelligence.

Read more about the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto

Check your authorisation on Kopiosto’s authorisation service