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...
Following a survey and provisional report prepared and circulated by the BCCs Secretariat in December 2012, a separate Working Party of BCC members, made up of Bernie Corbett, Maureen Duffy, Kevin Fitzgerald, Janet Ibbotson and Linda Royles carried out a review into...
IPO has announced that the UK has signed the WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances (Beijing Treaty).The BCC welcomes the statement by Lord Younger, Minister for IP, which followed the signing, that:-“The treaty recognises the value of...
The BCC congratulates Kevin Fitzgerald, Chairman of the BCC’s Working Group on Principles of Good Practice for CMOs and Chief Executive of the Copyright Licensing Agency on his appointment as a Companion of St. Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen’s...
Clive Davenport Dr Francis Gurry Ralph Weedon Frances Lowe Justin Chantrey London, 3rd May 2013, The British Copyright Council (BCC) today announced the selection panel for the Independent Code Reviewer for UK Collective Management Organisations (CMOs). The selection...
News image Hugo Cox, new Secretary, BCC Copyright & Technology Working GroupThe Copyright and Technology Working Group has overall responsibility for developing BCC policy, for drafting the majority of BCC consultation responses and position papers and for...
The BCC welcomes the recognition for copyright and related rights that World IP Day provides. Celebrations take place on 26th April and more information on the range of activities and events being organised to celebrate the Day can be...
On the 27th March 2014, the Government laid five draft Statutory Instruments on exceptions to copyright for adoption in affirmative procedure and commencement on 1st June 2014. Having reviewed all five drafts, the BCC took the view that some of the exceptions as...
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