Celebrating 60 Years in Copyright
Spyros, Trevor, Gillian, Hugh © Carys Lavin, 2014 Janet, Florian, Fran, Adrian © Carys Lavin, 2014 Constance Sutherland, Nick Munn, Adrian © Carys Lavin, 2014 A group of former students © Carys Lavin, 2014 On 18 March 2014 at a Reception at Stationers Hall, London,...News: Letter to Commissioner Barnier emphasises that there is no need to re-open the Copyright Directive
Following its detailed response to the EU’s public consultation on a Review of EU copyright rules, the BCC has followed up with a high level letter to Commissioner Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services. While recognising that...News: Copyright Notices
At its meeting with IPO on Wednesday 12th March, the BCC, while welcoming the publication of the first Copyright Notice on digital images, photographs and the internet, noted that none of its visual arts and photography members organisations had been contacted prior...News: Orphan Works
The BCC’s response to the UK Government Consultation on “Copyright works: seeking the lost” can be found below. The BCC remains unconvinced about the practicalities of IPO’s proposals and many of its members feel that a great many questions...News: WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
In his statement at the 9th December SCCR/29 meeting, the BCC’s representative Andrew Yeates, welcomed progress on the proposals for a Treaty on the protection of broadcasting organisations but he also emphasised that any protection of the broadcasting signal...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...