This final blog post on copyright reform focuses on extended collective licensing. But we also wanted to address some of the arguments last week that have been made regarding orphan works. It’s been good to see plenty of debate online around these issues. The Government’s proposals are designed to support the legitimate use of copyright works, while making sure creators are protected and properly remunerated… (Read the full article on…
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill currently going through Parliament looks at modernising and improving current legislation around copyright protection for designs. If you read yesterday’s Daily Mail, you will have been misinformed about the plans. Changes to the law around copyright protection will not affect the furniture industry as suggested. So what are we doing? Some of the furniture industry believes that back-dating the requirement would leave business owners…
In our second post on copyright reform, we are looking in greater detail at the specific changes in the Enterprise Bill to enable the use of orphan works. We thought we would directly address some of the points that have been raised in the media and on our blogs about the need for an orphan works scheme and our proposals for how it will work in practice. We’ll try to…
The Bill currently going through Parliament looks at modernising and improving legislation around a number of key areas to help businesses in how they operate, whether this is dealing with red tape or employment law. Copyright reform is a much needed feature of the Bill. You can read an overview of the changes to copyright in the Bill here. A recent addition to the Bill on copyright introduced a scheme…
New clauses were included in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Bill to update and strengthen the UK’s copyright licensing system.