EU Parliament reaches ‘informal’ deal on Orphan Works

June 13th, 2012 | Posted by mcgmember in Europe | Legislation - (0 Comments)

Legal representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe have reached an informal agreement on legislation to enable cultural heritage institutions to digitise ‘orphan’ works in their collections and make them available online.  (more…)

Richard Hooper calls for evidence in DCE Study

January 5th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Government | Hargreaves | Legislation - (0 Comments)

Richard Hooper has announced that he has written to stakeholders in the Cultural and Creative Industries seeking ‘hard evidence’ in support of the Feasibility Study he is carrying out into a Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE) for the UK. (more…)