Property market
This week’s column in the New Statesman is on the Gowers Review of Intellectual property and a report from Rufus Pollock for the ippr:
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“As the British Phonographic Industry, the body that represents the UK music business, begins a fresh assault on those who use peer-to-peer file-sharing networks to download music illegally off the internet, it’s worth asking if there might be a better way to protect the creative industries than by punishing potential customers.
This autumn, the government will wind up a nine-month review tasked with examining intellectual property (IP) law…”
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- The value of the public domain, Rufus Pollock
- Inside the Creative Industries: Copyright on the ground, Anthony Lilley
- Innovating for Success: The intellectual property review and economic competitiveness, Lord Sainsbury
