Copyright policy

• European Commission Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union
• WIPO General Assembly votes to reconvene Diplomatic Conference Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Proposed international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities
• Artist's Resale Right (ARR)
• Copyright term of protection for sound recordings and performers' rights

Policy papers, public consultations and other resources

Policy statements in the following documents relates to policies of a previous government and may not represent current policy.

A list of copyright policy issues. The title of the issue is in the first column. Read across the row to find out the date the issue was added. Click on the issue title to read further information on that issue.
Title	Date
Digital Economy Act	April 2010
Closed consultations on copyright issues, 2009	2009
Taking forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Second stage consultation on copyright exceptions (2.16Mb)	December 2009
Government response to the music licensing copyright exceptions consultation (452Kb)	November 2009
© the way ahead: A strategy for copyright in the digital age (378Kb)	October 2009
Digital Britain final report	June 2009
Summary of responses to music licensing copyright exceptions consultation (257Kb)	March 2009
A copyright agenda for the 21st century (36Kb)	December 2008
Government response to European Commission's Green Paper - copyright in the knowledge economy (36Kb)	November 2008
Closed consultations on copyright issues, 2008	2008
Gowers Review of Intellectual Property	November 2006