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Byline: Mark Chillingworth
the highs and lows of a turbulent year
January
High Andrew Gowers' IP review
Dry European Library at risk of failure
Beleaguered prime minister (but back then just chancellor of the exchequer) Gordon Brown stared out from the cover of our January issue as he delivered his pre-Budget speech, which included the recommendations of the Gowers Review on intellectual property. At the time he was dead keen on becoming prime minister, but by the end of the year Brown's government would be beset with information management problems. Former Financial Times editor Andrew Gowers had been charged by Brown to assess the national intellectual property laws, which affect publishers, librarians and the noisy lobby groups of the music industry. Most in the information industry welcomed the reporter and believe Gowers delivered a balanced view of what was required.
February