Reprinted with permission of the EPUK The problems with the Digital Economy Bill Clause 42 – Licensing of Orphan Works Moral rights need to be implemented in full and made enforceable so that users of images are compelled to identify the creator as per European Library guidelines, helping to prevent creation of new orphan works [...]

Editorial Photographers UK Ltd. reports via its “The Copyright Action” website has a lengthy analysis on the Digital Economy Bill.  Unless amended, the bill will allow for use of “orphan works” but the terms and related requirements are not defined.  EPUK provides a way to contact your UK representative to protest the bill. [EPUK also reports [...]

The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) along with the UK’s Department for Business Innovation and Skills (“BIS”) have published a report entitled, “© the way ahead: A Strategy for Copyright in the Digital Age.”  Based on the findings, the Government’s reported intentions are: • for authors of copyright works; to support fair treatment through new model contracts [...]