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Fix The Market, Not Copyright Law
The UK Government has announced another review into IP under Professor Ian Hargreaves; does it or does it not, on balance, generate the optimal amount of GDP growth and jobs? The UK is, relatively, a major creative power, being a net … Continue reading
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Online Piracy the Greatest Threat to… Pirates!
Just reading through the documents from WIPO’s December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement, and in particular looking at price comparisons between the retail versions and the pirate versions of CDs and DVDs. One thing stood out to me, that … Continue reading
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A New Era for the Music Industry
The UK music industry is going to have to get used to being regulated. It has no-one but itself to blame for this, having lobbied hard to get ISPs forced by Government into some kind of anti-infringement process. Music is … Continue reading