Rapporto UK : Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth

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IP law must adapt to change. Digital communications technology involves routine copying of text,

• images and data, meaning that copyright law has started to act as a regulatory barrier to the creation of certain kinds of new, internet based businesses.
• With two thirds of the world’s population yet to achieve direct connection to the internet, this digital revolution has by no means run its course
• Throughout the Review, we have sought to base our judgments on economic evidence and we advise Government to frame its policy decisions on that basis (Chapter 2).
• This is especially important at the international level, where large interests collide, making progress towards international agreement on IP issues frustratingly slow.
• ...the Review proposes that Government brings together rights holders and other business interests to create in the UK the world’s first Digital Copyright Exchange.
• At the same time, Government should take long overdue action to update copyright law in ways designed to increase consumer confidence in the way the law works. It should begin by legislating to release for use the vast treasure trove of copyright works which are effectively unavailable – “orphan works” – to which access is in practice barred because the copyright holder cannot be traced. This is a move with no economic downside
• Copying should be lawful where it is for private purposes, or does not damage the underlying aims of copyright...
• The copyright regime cannot be considered fit for the digital age when millions of citizens are in daily breach of copyright, simply for shifting a piece of music or video from one device to another.
• With the emergence of fabrication through 3D printing, new technological challenges also arise, indicating the need for a thorough reassessment of IP and design

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"The copyright regime cannot be considered fit for the digital age when millions of citizens are in daily breach of copyright, simply for shifting a piece of music or video from one device to another."