The BCCs response to the second part of the Technical review of draft legislation on copyright exceptions can be found here. This response covers Data analysis for non-commercial research, Education and Research, Libraries and Archives. It repeats the separate...
On 15th July, five members of the BCC’s Board met Lord Younger and civil servants. A letter thanking the Minister and picking up on key points discussed at the meeting can be...
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...
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