PA Warns of Damaging Changes to Copyright Law
joseph harris <[email protected]>
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[One to think about carefully.]
PA Warns of Damaging Changes to Copyright Law
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The Publishers Association (PA) today reaffirmed its support for incremental changes in copyright law
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-39623
'...Responding to the Intellectual Property Office’s Consultation on
Copyright, closing today, the PA supports a raft of changes to improve
copyright law, including on orphan works, digital preservation of
archives and distance learning.
'However, it argues that the proposals to close down licensing in areas
like content mining, photocopying in schools and private copying would
cut across the operation of the market, depriving authors and publishers
of revenues and growth opportunity, and would not deliver benefits for
users.
'The PA contends that the Consultation on Copyright is based on skewed
analysis of the Hargreaves Review, which failed to account for the
potential impact on the significant economic and cultural contributions
made by the creative industries....'
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