Members of the Forum regularly contribute opinions and responses to Government and other consultations.
For a list of recent contributions, please see below.
IPFF OPINION – 3:2009
Response from the Intellectual Property Foresight Forum to the Reflection Document of DG INFSO and DG MARKT:
Creative Content in a European Digital Single Market: Challenges for the Future (22 October 2009)
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IPFF OPINION – 2:2008
Response by the IP Foresight Forum
to the European Commission’s Green Paper:
Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (November 2008)
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Opposition to copyright term extension for sound recordings.
Posted 30 October 2008
SCRIPT and its co-directors and associates were pleased to support the
open letter of 16 June 2008 to Charlie McCreevy opposing the copyright
term extension for sound recordings, the joint academic statement on the
evidence "Copyright Stifled? - Why copyright term extension for sound
recordings is a very bad idea" and the further joint open academic
statement sent to Members of the European Parliament on 27 October 2008.
These were co-ordinated and drafted by Professor Martin Kretschmer of
the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management at
Bournemouth University. The documents and further information are
available at: http://www.cippm.org.uk/publications/index.html.
Joint academic statement stating opposition for copyright term extension for sound
recordings.
Posted 06 August 2008
SCRIPT and co-directors of SCRIPT were pleased to support the recent open letter to Charlie McCreevy opposing the copyright term extension for sound recordings. The letter was co-ordinated and drafted by Professor Martin Kretschmer of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management at Bournemouth University.
For the joint academic statement on the evidence and list of first
signatories see Copyright Stifled? - Why copyright term extension for sound
recordings is a very bad idea at:
http://www.cippm.org.uk/publications/index.html
For a follow-up letter to The Times see
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article4374115.ece
IPFF OPINION – 1:2008
Response by the IP Foresight Forum
(a grouping of independent intellectual
property academics in the UK) to the
UKIPO’s Consultation:
Taking Forward the Gowers Review of
Intellectual Property; Proposed Changes to
Copyright Exceptions
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