UK Copyright Reform

Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Could technology override economics in the case of the Digital Copyright Exchange? Economic analysis of collective rights administration has so far strongly supported the natural monopoly case for single national collecting societies for particular bundles of rights protected by territorially based copyright law and the courts have gone along with that view. Digitization in the… Read more » about Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Valuing the Public Domain

This project funded by theĀ ESRCĀ and the UK Intellectual Property Office provides for a knowledge exchange scheme which brings together academics (from the disciplines of law, media & communication studies, management and economics), policy makers from the UK Intellectual Property Office (an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and media businesses (in… Read more » about Valuing the Public Domain

Extending the Research of the Copyrightuser.org Project

Commissioned by CREATe, University of Glasgow and funded by RCUK, the copyrightuser.org project extends the research which commenced in 2012-2013 leading to the establishment of this online resource. Copyrightuser.org is an online resource aimed at making UK copyright law accessible to creators and members of the public. The resource is meant for everyone who uses… Read more » about Extending the Research of the Copyrightuser.org Project

Copyright and the Regulation of Orphan Works

Copyright and the Regulation of Orphan Works, a report commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and co-authored by Dr. Marcella Favale, Dr. Fabian Homberg, Dr. Dinusha Mendis and Dr. Davide Secchi of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University and Professor Martin Krestchmer of CREATe, University of Glasgow was… Read more » about Copyright and the Regulation of Orphan Works

Copyright User

Copyrightuser.org is an online resource aimed at making UK copyright law accessible to creators and members of the public. The resources are meant for everyone who uses copyright: musicians, filmmakers, performers, writers, visual artists and interactive developers, among others. The goal is to inform creators about how to protect their work, how to license and… Read more » about Copyright User