UK Business SecretaryAnnounces “Sweeping Intellectual Property Reforms”

UK Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to announce legislation to change British copyright law tomorrow. Press reports in the Financial Times and the Guardian indicate that the news legislation adopt some of the recommendations of the Hargreaves Report, including the legalization of copying digital content from one format to another for personal use, and an exception to allow researchers to mine scholarly works.  The announcement will be made Wed., Aug 3 at the British Library.

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  • Mike Palmedo

    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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