Copyright law in for a mauling? And now the ladies are pirates...

  [Pressure on changing UK copyright law. Authors pressure over piracy. 
'Radical' UK government doesn't mince its words - but words are content 
:-) . British women turn (Amazonian) pirates too!]



Hargreaves Report Calls For Overhaul Of UK Copyright Law
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The Hargreaves report on intellectual property is to recommend setting
up a 'digital exchange' for the clearance of copyright
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/33772

Authors demand drive to raise readers' awareness of book piracy's cost

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/10/authors-book-piracy-cost

Outdated Copyright Laws Hinder Growth Says Government
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'Archaic' copyright laws to be swept away
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/33793
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8519420/Outdated-copyright-laws-hinder-growth-says-Government.html
'...Neil Allcock, a partner at Deloitte who specialises in licensing,*said  <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8517041/David-Cameron-urged-to-back-UK-copyright-law-shake-up.html>*    the suggestions understood to be in the report are all "pretty easy to say   but very hard to do" and will require a hands-on approach from David   Cameron.

He explained: "The creative industries will react in two ways: they will 
say the measures are a good idea but that they are very hard to 
implement."...'

Older British Women Turn Into Ebook Thieves
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One in eight women over 35 admits to stealing ebooks
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/33787
http://www.techeye.net/mobile/older-british-women-turn-into-e-book-thieves
'...29 percent of total e-book owners said they'd downloaded unlicensed copies, while
36 percent of tablet owners said the same, reports the/Telegraph  <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8518755/E-books-drive-older-women-to-digital-piracy.html>/....'


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