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Copyright Commission report published

Manach · 2013-10-29 14:46:56

As an FYI to those interested " An expert committee has called on the Government to set up a statutory copyright council to protect copyright and said specialist courts should be established for intellectual property claims. " - IT link. They seem, offhand, to be trying to achieve a balance between the US 'Fair Use' and…

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Manach

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As an FYI to those interested
"
An expert committee has called on the Government to set up a statutory copyright council to protect copyright and said specialist courts should be established for intellectual property claims.
" - IT link.

They seem, offhand, to be trying to achieve a balance between the US 'Fair Use' and the UK 'Fair Dealing'.

As well, the establishment of a new body dealing with IP issues.

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