On Monday the SCA submitted a Joint Declaration to the Gowers Copyright Consultation on behalf of four of the seven UK public sector organisations – the British Library, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the National Health Service National Institute for Innovation and Learning and the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) - that sponsor the Strategic Content Alliance.
The Joint Declaration is signed by the Senior and Chief Executives Officers namely Dame Lynne Bindley, Roy Clare CBE, Dr Malcolm Read and Julian Denny in recognition that the issues raised in the Joint Declaration are of national significance.
Read the Joint Declaration in full here:
Gowers Copyright Consultation Joint Declaration
Naomi Korn, the SCA’s IPR Consultant, kicked off the Shaping the Future forum at the British Library on February 19 with a lively overview of the challenges of IP - from content to the law and resources to policies - but also highlighted some of the opportunities it offers.
Read on to find out what she said and to see the presentations from her talk. Continue reading ‘Shaping the Future forum: Naomi Korn: Overview of IP opportunities and challenges’
At the Shaping the Future forum at the British Library on February 19, Professor Charles Oppenheim took a close look at the consultative report released by the Intellectual Property Office based on the Gowers Review of IP. He identified the exceptions to copyright covered in the document: educational; format shifting; research or private study; libraries and archives; parody and pastiche, and raised some of the questions and issues that the proposed modifications to these exceptions throw up. Read on to discover Professor Oppenheim’s view of Gowers, and to see the presentation slides from his talk. Continue reading ‘Shaping the Future forum: Charles Oppenheim: Gowers review of IP’
Central to all IPR is the notion of exchange: a balance between rewarding innovation and sharing knowledge, Benjamin White of the British Library told the Shaping the Future forum on February 19. But has that balance shifted towards the rights holders and away from the user? Read on to find out the British Library’s perspective on copyright and the Gowers review, and to see the slides from Ben’s presentation. Continue reading ‘Shaping the Future forum: Benjamin White: British Library Digital Exceptions Strategy’