Revising the Copyright Act. Make a wish!

 

LACA (Libraries and Archive Copyright Alliance) and the Museums Copyright Group are starting work on a long-term project to produce proposals for revisions to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended by subsequent regulations).  This is in response to an invitation issued by the Patent Office during their 2002-03 consultation on the implementation of the European Information Society Directive. 

 

As a first step we want to ask you to suggest any ideas to us that you may have about changes you would like to see in UK copyright legislation. We welcome any reasonable idea from you, but in order for LACA and MCG to be able to take it up, we will have to judge whether it is achievable and desirable and that it does not go against the provisions of European law or international treaties.  We will therefore evaluate any suggestion received before deciding whether or not to pursue it!  

 

Copyright issues often get tangled up with contract issues so please separate them out as we have no expectation of achieving change to basic UK contract law. However issues about how collecting societies go about their business of licensing are ones that we could consider.

 

Don't worry about how much you already know about copyright law. As practitioners you know what the problems are that you have with administering it, so tell us what concerns you. If you have a burning issue about the current copyright law or a brilliant idea about changing it that you would like to share with us, please e-mail it to [log in to unmask] by 30th September 2004. 

 

Please also include the following information about yourself: Name, Position, Organisation, Phone Number and E-mail. This is so that, if necessary, we can come back to you for further information should we decide to take up your idea.

 

We are unable to enter into any correspondence with you in connection with this consultation so please just send in your ideas or issues.  Your views count so we hope to hear from you.



With thanks

 

Barbara Stratton, Senior Adviser, Copyright at CILIP and Secretary to LACA

Naomi Korn, Secretary, Museums Copyright Group



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Naomi Korn
Secretary, Museums Copyright Group 
& Copyright Consultant
Tel: (020) 8886 1764
Mobile: 07957 761 032
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website: www.naomikorn.com
 
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