News: Policy Responses from BCC

Oct 11, 2013 | 2013

This week the BCC has replied to two IPO consultations.  The first is a short letter response to the consultation on the proposed wording of the Regulation of Licensing Bodies.  The second is a response to IPO’s call for views on Copyright in...
News: British Copyright Council appoints Independent Code Reviewer

News: British Copyright Council appoints Independent Code Reviewer

Aug 8, 2013 | 2013

The British Copyright Council (BCC) today announced the appointment of an Independent Code Reviewer. Walter Merricks CBE, former Chief Financial Ombudsman, was appointed by a selection panel chosen to represent the interests of both rights holders and copyright users....

News: Copyright Exceptions

Aug 5, 2013 | 2013

The BCCs response to the second part of the Technical review of draft legislation on copyright exceptions can be found here.  This response covers Data analysis for non-commercial research, Education and Research, Libraries and Archives.  It repeats the separate...

News: Copyright Exceptions

Jul 25, 2013 | 2013

The BCCs response to the first part of the Technical review of draft legislation on copyright exceptions can be found here.  It covers Private Copying, Parody and Quotation with a separate comment on the Contract Override provisions included in each exception.  The...
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