NIPC Law

On 5 Jan 2012 I reported the Richard Hooper had been appointed to carry out a feasibility study on a digital copyright exchange and his call for evidence (see "Copyright: Hooper Calls for Evidence"  ). Richard Hooper has now published his report:  Copyright works: Streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age . In his report, he said that the creative industries had responded constructively to Professor Hargreaves's report and were busy streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age. He expected such streamlining to reinforce the lead enjoyed that the British creative industries already enjoy in the distribution of digitized content. However, more could be done and his main suggestion was "the creation of a not-for-profit, industry led Copyright Hub based in the UK that links interoperably and scalably to the growing national and international network of private and public sector digital copyright exchanges, r...

The first of Professor Ian Hargreaves's recommendations in his report Digital Opportunity   was that "Government should ensure that development of the IP System is driven as far as possible by objective evidence." In carrying out his feasibility study on a digital copyright exchange Richard Hooper has called for evidence on: (1) whether the copyright system really is unfit for purpose; and (2) the correctness or otherwise of his suggested definitions. A copy of the call for evidence can be downloaded from the IPO's website  and his terms of reference can be viewed here . Responses to the call for evidence have to be submitted by email no later than the 10 Feb 2012. Background Jane Lambert "IP Policy: Does Hargreaves say anything new?" 24 June 2011