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Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system

Jan 10. 2012
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In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age.

Former Ofcom chairman, Richard Hooper, is carrying out a study into whether a new Digital Copyright Exchange would be an appropriate solution within the UK to the problems that exist within copyright law, as raised in the Hargreaves report. The study is independent and will be conducted in two stages - Phase 1 will question the issues surrounding copyright licensing in the digital age and Phase 2 will examine and recommend potential solutions to any issues found.

The IPO website states that Mr Hooper has “invited stakeholders to respond to a call for evidence which asks two questions:

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CEPIC Endorses Conclusions Of SABIP Report In The UK

Aug 18. 2010
10:08
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SABIP, the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, provides strategic and independent advice to the UK Government on intellectual property policy.

On 23 February 2010, SABIP hosted a breakfast panel debate at the British Library on the Google Book Settlement. The event brought together representatives from Google, authors, publishers, the European Commission and stakeholders from the UK creative community. CEPIC member's BAPLA (Simon Cliffe and Linda Royles), as a representative of the UK picture library community, as well as CEPIC (Christina Vaughan) and ICOMP (David Wood) took part in the meeting.