Copyright exists to provide an incentive for people to create works. It is a time-limited monopoly, granted by the state. Once copyright has expired in a work it enters the public domain, where anyone can repurpose it to create new work. Copyright law has dramatically expanded in scope and term over the past hundred years. ORG supports reform and regulation of the copyright framework when it is in the interests of the creative economy, consumers and citizens in the digital age, but not when it is intended to support the business models of the analogue age, or grant competitive advantage to incumbent players in the market.
BPI drafted web blocking
Jim Killock 11 March 2010
ORG meets Lib Dems
Jim Killock 09 March 2010
Confirmed: web blocking in Digital Economy Bill
Jim Killock 03 March 2010
Lib Dems seek web blocking
Jim Killock 02 March 2010
Passionate debate in the Lords last night as government fails to clarify the bill
Florian Leppla 02 March 2010
First day of real voting: a test for the Lords
Jim Killock 01 March 2010
BBC iplayer DRM raises its head again
Jim Killock 17 February 2010
HL Committee on the Digital Economy Bill
Lilian Edwards 10 February 2010
HL Committee on the Digital Economy Bill
Florian Leppla 10 February 2010
ORG on Culture Show calling for justice
Jim Killock 05 February 2010
