Creative Industries

PhD School on Economics of Copyright

The School is held by Professor Ruth Towse and presupposes a basic knowledge of copyright law. There are limited spaces available for external PhD or advanced LLM students (please contact Maurizio Borghi). Programme The aim of these lectures is to demystify economics for those specializing in copyright law. Economics has a wide remit and is… Read more » about PhD School on Economics of Copyright

Copyright and Business Models in Music Publishing

Workshop Wednesday 9 December 2015, Birkbeck College, University of London Room 101, 30 Russell Square London, WC1 No. 5 on this map http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/centrallondon.pdf As the research project ‘Economic Survival in a Long Established Creative Industry: Strategies, Business Models and Copyright in Music Publishing’, funded by the AHRC, comes to a close, we are holding a final… Read more » about Copyright and Business Models in Music Publishing

CIPPM Project Copyrightuser.org wins AHRC Research in Film Award

An animated film on Copyrightuser.org titled The Adventure of the Girl with the Light Blue Hair won an AHRC Research in Film Award on 12 November 2015 at an Awards Ceremony hosted at the British Film Institute, Southbank London. Copyrightuser.org is an online resource, which makes copyright law accessible to creators, teachers, students and members of… Read more » about CIPPM Project Copyrightuser.org wins AHRC Research in Film Award

Dinusha Mendis Speaks on Copyright Policy at the Autumn Green Party Conference 2015

The Autumn Green Party Conference took place at the Bournemouth International Centre on 25-28 September 2015 and it was the first time the Green Party Conference was held in Bournemouth. Dr. Dinusha Mendis was invited to speak on the Copyright Policy Panel on Friday 25th September 2015. Dr. Mendis focused on the copyright term, the new copyright… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis Speaks on Copyright Policy at the Autumn Green Party Conference 2015