News: Extended Collective Licensing
The BCC’s response to the Government consultation on its proposal to introduce extended collective licensing in the UK can be found...News: Review of Copyright Collecting Societies launched 15th January
Launching the Call for Evidence, Walter Merricks, CBE, the Independent Code Reviewer said”The creative industries and the rights they generate form a significant contribution to the UK economy, and the internet has changed many of the business models that used...News: Independent Code Review – Call for Evidence
The Independent Code Review – Call for Evidence launches on Wednesday 15th January 2014. For more information about the Review...
News: BCC intervenes at WIPO SCCR 26
The BCC was ably represented at WIPO SCCR 26 by Andrew Yeates, a BCC Board Member and Chairman of its Working Group on Copyright and Technology. Also present, but representing other author interests were, Maureen Duffy, FRSL, the BCC’s President of Honour and...
News: International Authors Forum
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...
News: Ruth Hennessy appointed as Research Assistant for the Independent Code Review
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...
News: Sarah Osborn appointed MPA Chief Executive
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...
News: Jane Dyball appointed Chief Executive of MCPS
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...