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Licences for Europe

Mar 20. 2013
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ByJonathan LockwoodThere were many passionate and insightful comments made at the second round of "Licenses For Europe" stakeholder meetings held in Brussels on 7th March 2013.

The work stream under discussion that day concerned "User-generated content and licensing for small-scale users of protected material".

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When does freedom of speech trump copyright?

Feb 14. 2013
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ByCharles SwanCopyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression?

The Ashby Donald v France decision last month in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg reminds us that copyright is, at least in theory, an open platform. Copyright law strikes its own balance between an author’s right to property and the public’s right to information, but copyright is by its nature an interference with the right to freedom of expression. Copyright decisions by European courts are open to scrutiny by the ECHR.

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Government gives £150,000 funding to kick-start copyright hub

Apr 08. 2013
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Lord Younger announces £150,000 of funding for new web site designed to make it easier for consumers to obtain information about copyright.

£150,000 of funding to create a one-stop-shop web site designed to make it easier for consumers to get information about rights ownership and copyright licences, was announced today by Intellectual Property (IP) Minister, Lord Younger.

Professor Hargreaves, in his review of IP and Growth in May 2011, recommended that the UK should establish an industry-led solution to improve copyright licensing. He estimated that it could add up to £2.2 billion a year to the UK economy by 2020, with a particular benefit to the creative industries.

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Bridgeman representing Lucian Freud Archive for Copyright Licensing

Feb 08. 2013
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Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995 (oil on canvas) by Lucian Freud (1922-2011) / Private Collection/ © Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Art Library

The Lucian Freud Archive (LFA), set up by the artist and his representatives before his death in 2011, has appointed Bridgeman to administer and license his copyright.

The LFA has also placed its archive of photography of the artist's work with Bridgeman for licensing. This contains exceptional quality high resolution digital photography taken in recent years to produce a complete record of the artist's work.

Lucian Freud was born in 1922 in Berlin and came to London with his family in 1933. By the time of his death in 2011 he was widely perceived as the pre-eminent British artist of his time.

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Online Copyright Infringement: New Study

Nov 27. 2012
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ByICOMPA new study in the UK confirms that consumers are usually not pirates. We re-publish here a blog originally published on the ICOMP website. What CEPIC has to say on the subject.

UK Communications Regulator Ofcom published a large-scale consumer study into the extent of online copyright infringement among internet users aged 12 and above. The research follows a recommendation in the 2011 Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth that Ofcom should start gathering independent data and establishing trends in the area of online copyright before its formal reporting duties begin, under the Digital Economy Act 2010, when the Code comes into force.

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This year has been almost non-stop lobbying for BAPLA

Jul 18. 2012
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Here is an up-date on the latest developments in the UK.

The copyright consultations to which BAPLA and members contributed earlier in 2012 were expected to produce reports leading to legislation in 2013. However, the report from the copyright consultation which has just been released indicates that the issues consulted upon will be fitted into legislation already going through Parliament as amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. The amendments are expected to be announced in the next few days before Parliament retires for the summer.

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Copyright: Commission proposes easier music licensing in the Single Market

Jul 16. 2012
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Source: Photobank of the European Commission

The European Commission has proposed measures to modernise collecting societies and put in place incentives to promote their transparency and efficiency.

New digital technologies are opening up great opportunities for creators, consumers and businesses alike. Increased demand for online access to cultural content (e.g. music, films, books) does not recognise borders or national restrictions. Neither do the online services used to access them. This is where collecting societies come into play, in particular in the music sector, where they collectively manage the licensing of copyright-protected music tracks for online use on behalf of composers and lyricists and collect and redistribute to them corresponding royalties.

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CEPIC in twenty years?

May 01. 2012
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Photo: Bastian Bach

One month ago at the PICTADay in Munich, a long time industry observer, asked me whether CEPIC would still exists in 20 years from now. Since I don't have a crystal-ball, I cannot answer this question with any certainty. But at least, I can say this.

In May 2012, in London, the image industry will, once again, meet for three days.

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Anti-Copyright Wave at WIPO

Nov 16. 2010
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BySylvie FodorOn 4 and 5 November 2010, WIPO hosted a conference on "Emerging Licensing Modalities in the Digital Age". Although the role of the organisation is to promote intellectual property, the most striking feature of the conference was its anti-copyright stance.

Almost fifteen years ago, in 1996, WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, initiated the two so-called Internet treaties: the WIPO Performances and Phonogram Treaty (WPPT) and the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT).

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