The International Authors Forum was launched at WIPO in Geneva on the 16th December with Trevor Clarke, Assistant Director General for the Culture and Creative Industries Sector, giving the Forum a warm welcome. Maureen Duffy, FRSL author, poet and the BCC’s President...
The BCC has appointed Ruth Hennessy as Research Assistant for the Independent Code Review. For the next six months, Ruth will work with Walter Merricks, CBE, the Independent Code Reviewer on the Call for Evidence. Ruth has an LL.M in IP (with distinction) from Queen...
Sarah Osborn has been appointed MPA Chief Executive with immediate effect, succeeding Stephen Navin. Sarah becomes a director of the MPA and joins the Board of UK...
Following the restructuring of the MCPS-PRS Alliance, Jane Dyball has been appointed Chief Executive of MCPS and IMPEL effective from 1 January 2014. See Press Release for more details. Press_Release_-_Jane_Dyball_appointed_MCPS__IMPEL_Chief_Executive...
Photograph from Prachaya PairojkulmaneeOn 14th November twenty delegates from around the world arrived in London for the 21st Advanced Level Training Seminar on Copyright and Related Rights organised by the British Copyright Council for the World Intellectual Property...
In a short letter, the BCC asks what procedure will IPO put in place for consulting interested parties, before publishing information (in the form of a Notice) in response to a request it has...
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...
The Hub is looking for the right person to take over from Ros. He or she needs to believe in the vision for the Copyright Hub, be a self-starter and entrepreneurial and bring the creative industries with him/her on the big decisions. Experience of IT projects will...
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....
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