Inside the Creative Industries: Copyright on the ground

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This paper sets out the tasks that lie ahead of policy makers charged with balancing the public benefits that can arise from the widespread circulation of a copyright work with the need to provide protection, incentive and reward to the owner of the copyright.

This paper sets out the tasks that lie ahead of policy makers charged with balancing the public benefits that can arise from the widespread circulation of a copyright work with the need to provide protection, incentive and reward to the owner of the copyright.

Lilley identifies three areas that need to be addressed:

  • the volume of the transactions that the copyright system needs to deal with
  • the relationship of digital rights management to concepts of fair dealing
  • the relationship between copyright and the market place.

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