1	Museums Copyright Group Overview of activities Peter Wienand Chair, Museums Copyright Group Partner, Farrer & Co Royal Museum, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh 27 January 2006
2	Summary of activities 2005 DACS Conference with KCL CDPA reform – wish list WATCH file New edition of Guide to Copyright Business plan
3	DACS scheme History Purpose of scheme Issues: orphan works existing free licences affordability Questionnaire circulated Results to be analysed
4	Conference – ‘Connecting culture and commerce’ In association with KDCS Digital Consultancy Services 2006 – tenth anniversary of MCG Themes: balancing public access and the protection of rights exploring what a sector-wide content management policy might look like
5	CDPA reform Background Copyright and Related Rights Directive Patent Office review of CDPA Wider government interest in IPRs Working with Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA)
6	WATCH file Contacting WATCH (http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/) to improve usability of WATCH for museums DACS artists database
7	New edition of ‘Guide’ Published 2000 Needs updating Updates and FAQs for the time being can be found on MCG website: www.museumscopyright.org.uk
8	Business plan Review of aims and objectives Sustainability Looking at type of body: we can be we would like to be How this should be funded Thanks to Nick Poole at MDA
9	and finally . . . remember the MCG discussion group on: www.smartgroups.com/groups/mcopyg