BCC policy note on Fair Use
The British Copyright Council publishes policy note for politicians and policy makers outlining how Fair Use operates in the United States and explains why importing such a model into UK law would weaken the UK’s gold standard copyright framework. Far from offering...
BCC Responds to the Call for Evidence by the Joint Committee on Human Rights
The BCC has submitted its response to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights' Call for Evidence. The response focuses on the Convention rights that are most relevant to BCC members, and in particular the right to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1...
Attaché Week 2025 Feedback
Many thanks to the IPO, the Attachées present and all BCC members for their support and participation in the BCC's Attaché Week lunch 2025. We’ve received super feedback from our members and the IPO. We hope you found it useful and enjoyable. Thank you again to PPL...
BCC Make it Fair Campaign Rally of Parliament
On 13 May, BCC members joined a reception in Parliament in support of the Make it Fair campaign, sponsored by James Frith MP. The event, hosted jointly by the British Copyright Council, the Alliance for IP and the News Media Association, brought together...
BCC Backs Make it Fair campaign
On Tuesday 25 February, hundreds of regional and national news brand titles ran a campaign to coincide with the end of the UK government’s Copyright and AI consultation and the launch of a bold creative industries campaign to highlight how creative content is...
BCC response to Copyright & AI Consultation highlights strength of current copyright regime, risks attached to Government’s proposed exception and importance of transparency and licensing
The BCC has submitted its response to the Government’s Copyright & AI Consultation. Our submission: Argues that the Government’s preferred policy approach and the introduction of an exception for text and data mining would be ineffective, unworkable, damaging to...
