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  • From: Jessica Coates <j2.coates AT qut.edu.au>
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  • Subject: [cc-au] Digital Britain - Interim Report
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:35:10 +1000

Those interested in digital copyright policy might be interested in the UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport's 'Digital Britain' Interim Report, which was released this week.
 
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/5631.aspx
 
Section 3.2 seems particularly relevant:
 
'There is a clear and unambiguous distinction between the legal and illegal sharing of content which we must urgently address. But, we need to do so in a way that recognises that when there is very widespread behaviour and social acceptability of such behaviour that is at odds with the rules, then the rules, the business models that the rules have underpinned and the behaviour itself may all need to change.'
 
It also recommends the creation of a Rights Agency to:
 
'bring industry together to agree how to provide incentives for legal use of copyright material; work together to prevent unlawful use by consumers which infringes civil copyright law; and enable technical copyright-support solutions that work for both consumers and content creators. The Government also welcomes other suggestions on how these objectives should be achieved.'
 
 
 
 
Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology
 
ph: 07 3138 8301
fax: 07 3138 9395
email: j2.coates AT qut.edu.au
 


  • [cc-au] Digital Britain - Interim Report, Jessica Coates, 01/29/2009

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