The government has accepted recommendations made by the Hargreaves review for modernising UK IP laws. Recommendations of relevance to FE and HE institutions include the need for exceptions for data/text mining, library archiving systems and the use of parody. In addition, recommendations to prevent contracts from over-riding the exceptions to copyright, possible solutions for orphan works as well as the streamlining of rights clearance processes have been supported by the government. The government's next step will be to begin reforming the UK's intellectual property systems. Alongside the government's response, a new intellectual property crime strategy and international strategy for intellectual property have been published.
Further details are available on the Intellectual Property Office website.
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