Category Archives: regulation

There seems little point in trying to block the acquisition of EMI’s recorded music business by French conglomerate Vivendi. Citibank, EMI’s owners, have made it clear that they don’t give a fig what Roger Faxon thinks about EMI’s structure or … Continue reading →

Richard Mollett, writing on the Publishers Association blog, makes a strident and impassioned plea for the Government to drop its demands for evidence and just accept his credo on the harm done by copyright infringement. He does himself a disservice … Continue reading →

The EU looks like it will vote to extend copyright in sound recordings to a maximum of 70 years. Today’s Financial Times notes that the chief beneficiaries are the record labels, who get an additional term on valuable old copyrights … Continue reading →

The PRS has proposed that music related search results should be flagged with a ‘traffic lights’ indicator of whether, according to an independent body, the site linked to is properly licensed for music. The BPI had a similar ‘consumer education’ … Continue reading →

I was asked by ORG to write a short response to the Hargreaves IP Review, and have subsequently found myself a bit out on a limb, particularly in my opinions about his proposal for the DCE. In my defence I … Continue reading →

Trying to wade through the submissions to the UK Intellectual Property Office’s IP review threw up the following quotation, from the BPI’s submission: It appears that the flexibility in voluntary copyright licensing has facilitated that growth. Record companies have reportedly … Continue reading →