CIPPM’s Benjamin White has recently contributed two OpEds to Times Higher Education, in which he examines the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, and the UK’s industrial strategy. Published in December 2025 and March 2026, the articles – The UK’s copyright laws will hobble its AI ambitions and Copyright maximalism will stifle a research-intensive digital economy –… Read more » about CIPPM in the Times Higher Education: AI and Copyright Law
Creative Industries
CIPPM hosts research event ‘Animating the Archive: Research and the Videographic Essay’, 27 May 2026
Animating the Archive: Research and the Videographic Essay Wednesday 27 May 2026 CIPPM / Bournemouth University (EB708 Lecture Theatre) Bournemouth University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) will host a one-day research event exploring the growing role of videographic methods in activating archival materials across disciplines, publics, and legal contexts. Videographic essays, research… Read more » about CIPPM hosts research event ‘Animating the Archive: Research and the Videographic Essay’, 27 May 2026
CIPPM at the BFI: Archiving and Copyright Challenges
CIPPM’s Claudy Op den Kamp presented at the BFI’s conference ‘Right from the Start: Copyright Data That Works’ on 3 February 2026 – a major gathering addressing copyright challenges facing film archives today. Held at BFI Southbank, the conference brought together experts from the BFI, National Library of Scotland, German Federal Archives, CREATe/University of Glasgow,… Read more » about CIPPM at the BFI: Archiving and Copyright Challenges
Dinusha Mendis and Tatsuhiro Ueno: “‘Mind the (virtual) Gap’: A Critical Analysis of UK and Japanese Copyright law relating to immersive technologies and the metaverse”
Mendis D and Ueno T., ‘Mind the (virtual) Gap’: A Critical Analysis of UK and Japanese copyright exceptions relating to immersive technologies and the metaverse, (2025) 56 IIC, 1704-1733
CIPPM at Atlantis Conference: Feminist Publishing and Academic Access
CIPPM’s Claudy Op den Kamp participated in a critical conversation on scholarly publishing at the Atlantis journal’s 50th anniversary conference ‘Revolution and Resurgence: Celebrating Feminist Publishing’ held at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, on 28-29 November 2025. The panel, titled ‘Scholarly Publishing, Beyond Peer-Review, and Public-Facing Research,’ brought together Op den Kamp with Claudia Mitchell… Read more » about CIPPM at Atlantis Conference: Feminist Publishing and Academic Access





