A neo-Keynesian might of course question whether gutting social services and the education sector will undermine the Cameron-Clegg initiatives.
The Intellectual Property Office media release reports Cameron as indicating -
I can announce today that we are reviewing our IP laws, to see if we can make them fit for the internet age. ... It will particularly focus on how the IP system can be improved to help the new business models arising from the digital age.Not quite the land fit for heroes, given that all the major liberal democratic states has voiced the same rationale.
The review, to be completed by April next year, encompasses examination of -
- Barriers to new internet-based business models, including the cost of obtaining permission from existing rights-holders;
- the cost and complexity of enforcing intellectual property rights within the UK and internationally;
- interaction between IP and Competition frameworks;
- the cost and complexity faced by SMEs in accessing services to help protect and exploit their IP.
- what the UK can learn from the US regarding the use of copyright material without rights-holder permission.
