Important - Consummate Copyright Survey Past Times 5Pm On Friday

If you lot alive inwards the UK please consummate a Copyright Survey past times 5pm on Fri 17th February.

Please likewise move past times the link to this weblog post or the survey to other artists you lot know who alive inwards the U.K. in addition to inquire them to likewise consummate the survey

This is why the survey has been laid up

The U.K. Government has launched an of import consultation on copyright which proposes a seat out of meaning changes to copyright inwards the U.K. in addition to to the protection in addition to remuneration visual artists currently enjoy.

DACS is corking to get together responses from you lot which volition assist us to shape our contribution to the consultation.

You tin likewise response straight to the Government's consultation here: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/consult/consult-live/consult-2011-copyright.html

The survey should accept to a greater extent than or less xv minutes to complete.

PRIVACY
All responses are anonymous in addition to volition rest confidential in addition to volition exclusively hold upwards used for the purposes of informing DACS' response to the Government's Consultation on Copyright. No personal information volition hold upwards passed onto whatever third political party organisation.

This survey volition unopen at 5pm Fri 17 February.

The survey covers:

• extended collective licensing
• orphan works
• moral rights (eg what other people tin exercise to or amongst orphan plant if the originator has non been identified - equally happens when images move past times detached from information virtually the originator)
• codes of demeanour for collecting societies
• copyright exceptions

My response included the next statements 

There's a vast divergence betwixt the character of images used to generate revenue in addition to those needed for educational purposes.  All populace institutions belongings images of plant which are funded or supported via populace revenue should hold upwards obligated to render spider web ready images for educational use.  This is an surface area where orphan plant could hold upwards used to a greater extent than widely - it doesn't comport on on electrical flow artists.  Also it's rattling of import for the legislation to recognise that instruction does non only accept house inwards regulated educational institutions.  Education is what happens when people acquire - in addition to that tin hold upwards self-directed in addition to meshwork based

The changes take away to avoid favouring big employment concern at the expense of the private artist.  If anything the emphasis should hold upwards the other agency round.  Also whatever scheme needs to avoid existence burdensome on private artists inwards price of paperwork or expense.  One exclusively needs to hold back at the average income of most visual artists to realise at that spot is absolutely no reach to exercise an economical burden.  Hence why whatever changes take away to protect those who create.  This must avoid big employment concern (or big populace institutions) seeking to brand coin off individuals who haven't got the resources to defend themselves against those who breach their copyright in addition to moral rights.

Please acquire out a comment telling us what you lot said.

Thanks to a-n whose article alerted me to this survey

Link: Copyright - Resources for Artists

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