Creative Industries

Workshop: Music Publishing, copyright and business models

One-day Workshop Thursday 4 June 2015 Music publishing is an old established industry that has adapted to successive technological and institutional changes, especially to copyright law, by adopting different strategies and business models. The workshop explores how music publishing has evolved in the long run, and what historical and economic factors can explain its adaptations… Read more » about Workshop: Music Publishing, copyright and business models

Understanding UK Copyright Law: An Interactive Workshop for Music Writers and Composers

Post by Bartolomeo Meletti, Lead Producer of CopyrightUser.org, a co-production between CIPPM (Bournemouth University) and CREATe (University of Glasgow). On Thursday 19th March 2015, the Digital Catapult Centre hosted the second in the series of workshops entitled ‘Understanding UK Copyright Law’, a joint initiative of the Digital Catapult, CREATe, CopyrightUser.org, and the Copyright Hub. The purpose of these workshops is… Read more » about Understanding UK Copyright Law: An Interactive Workshop for Music Writers and Composers

Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames

CIPPM researcher Marcella Favale has been awarded a Fusion Investment Fund for a collaborative project on Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal) Restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand… Read more » about Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames

CIPPM Members present research co-funded by the UKIPO and ESRC on Copyright and the Public Domain

The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management’s Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis and CIPPM Member, Dr. Fabian Homberg presented their research on ‘Valuing the Public Domain’ – a collaboration with CREATe, University of Glasgow – on 5th December 2014, at Digital Catapult, London. ‘Valuing the Public Domain’ is a major research and knowledge exchange project… Read more » about CIPPM Members present research co-funded by the UKIPO and ESRC on Copyright and the Public Domain