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Copyright bows to digital onslaught.
Byline: staff
Copyright bows to digital onslaught
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UK copyright law is set to change following the government's decision to consult on the radical changes proposed in the Gowers Review.
The Gowers Review of intellectual property (IP) recommended an overhaul of the UK copyright regime, which has traditionally sought to balance the interests of copyright holders with those of society at large. Copyright protects the rights of authors, artists and publishers, who have invested time and money in a new work, while ensuring the public has access to it.
The British Library is worried that the shift from print to digital publishing is undermining the traditional balance at the heart of copyright in ways that could make it harder for researchers and information professionals to access and use information.
Digital material usually comes with a contract that governs access to the material, rather than copyright. The British Library has said that 93% of the contracts it is offered for digital material undermine current copyright law because contract law supersedes copyright law in the UK. By 2020 an estimated 80% of all research material will be available digitally.
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