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.
A different debate
Jim Killock 29 July 2010
Deadline for Ofcom's DEA code this Friday
Florian Leppla 29 July 2010
Ofcom consultation raises data protection problems
Jim Killock 20 July 2010
Jeremie Zimmermann to speak on ACTA at ORGCon
Michael Holloway 13 July 2010
ORGCon tickets running out fast - get yours now
Michael Holloway 09 July 2010
Challenge to Digital Economy Act
Jim Killock 08 July 2010
EU rushing to get ACTA agreed
Jim Killock 28 June 2010
NUJ will oppose Digital Economy Act
Jim Killock 24 June 2010
Ofcom agrees to allow the BBC to hobble HD receivers
Jim Killock 14 June 2010
No news from Ofcom on BBC DRM
Jim Killock 11 June 2010
