The government’s reply to the Hargreaves Review on Intellectual Property accepts its main conclusions. Hargreaves was instructed to focus narrowly on the economics of IP and economic growth, and he did ( mostly ) as he was told. So it is no surprise that he has completely ignored demands for the full implementation of moral rights in UK law. The most important of which, for photographers, is the right to our names by our pictures. This omission however does not square with his principal economic innovation, the Digital Copyright Exchange, where ” ownership information is clearly a prerequisite for the marketplace “. Or to put it another way, moral rights are an essential precondition for developing the IP economy. Joined up thinking requires moral rights legislation, now.
Posts Tagged ‘Orphan Works’
The Government’s Reply to Hargreaves
23rd August, 2011
Copyright, hargreaves, Orphan Works
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Congratulations to Clause 43 Campaigners
8th April, 2010
Congratulations to all those photographers who have campaigned and lobbied against Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill.
We have won!
Thanks to the work of thousands of photographers up and down the country, campaigning and writing letters to MP’s we have defeated the offending Clause that would have had a devastating effect on the livelihoods of freelance photographers.
The London Photographers’ Branch commends those photographers and NUJ members who have stood up and been counted and gives special thanks to those who have consistently worked towards this victory.
Jess Hurd
Chair, London Photographers’ Branch
On behalf of the LPB Committee
Clause 43, Copyright, Digital Economy Bill, Moral Rights, Orphan Works
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