tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1962385683324132128..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Copyright reform - the UK proposalsVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-62885756478236401972011-12-19T11:47:39.973+00:002011-12-19T11:47:39.973+00:00This is all well and good but if there is a fully ...This is all well and good but if there is a fully fledged exception -how will the UK comply with the requirement to provide fair compensation for private copying under Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 200/29. Is it going to introduce the private copying levy on blank media, printers, PCs, I-Pods, and anything that is capable of storing or printing copyright mateiral (and not simply old faionhed home taping)? This is the system of so called "blank tape levy" that was rejected by the UK in the 1980s and which prevails in most other EU MS. Basically, the levy system (See Padawan and Stichting Thuiskopie judgments) adds to the price of purchase of consumer equipment and is collected and distributed by collecting socities. It is the subject of at least further 2 preliminary references to the Court of Justice C-457/11 and C-521/11 and reform is underway by the Commission.Or will there be some other form of fair compensation whic is it open to MS to set under the Directive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-55626788943982223802011-12-16T08:59:25.866+00:002011-12-16T08:59:25.866+00:00No mention of further extending the the copyright ...No mention of further extending the the copyright term? <br /><br />"Death plus 70" is really very limiting and we are missing out on a lot of great art, music and literature by under-rewarding our creative geniuses. <br /><br />In fact, it is very clear that a primary driver of the break up of the Beatles was the fact that John and Paul didn't feel it was worth writing further music together when it was clear that their great-great-grandchildren wouldn't get any real economic benefit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-31081324860979484992011-12-15T16:33:30.748+00:002011-12-15T16:33:30.748+00:00Religious or official celebrations, eh? Applied to...Religious or official celebrations, eh? Applied to those who follow the Cult of Celebrity, this exclusion might be rather too widely drawn...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com