UK Copyright Reform

What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

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Friday 22 May 2015, 16:00-18:00 – Executive Business Centre, room EB 302 Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) presents and discusses his book What’s Wrong with Copying? (Harvard University Press, 2015) Discussants:  Jose Bellido, Maurizio Borghi, Martin Kretschmer and Luke McDonagh Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination… Read more » about What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, on Research Leave in Italy and Australia

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, UK Copyright Reform.

Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Associate Professor in Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in the Faculty of Media and Communications was awarded a period of research leave funded by the Fusion Investment Fund which commenced on 1 January 2015. The research leave was granted for Dr. Mendis to further her… Read more » about CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, on Research Leave in Italy and Australia

CIPPM Researchers launch Copyright Resource for A/AS Level Media Studies

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Researchers at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in collaboration with CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy at the University of Glasgow have launched an educational web resource aimed at A/AS Level Media Studies. The project, which was carried out during 2013-2014, was funded… Read more » about CIPPM Researchers launch Copyright Resource for A/AS Level Media Studies

D. Mendis and V. Stobo – UK: Extended Collective Licensing (2014)

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D. Mendis and V. Stobbo, UK: Extended Collective Licensing [3 December 2014] Kluwer Copyright Blog at http://kluwercopyrightblog.com/author/dinushamendis/ On the 1st October 2014, the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Extended Collective Licensing) Regulations 2014 came into force in the UK. This blog post considers the latest developments and what it means for UK Copyright Law.

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

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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