From: Winston Tabb <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:20:20 +0000

I'm not sure which "business interests" you have in mind. I think a
major focus of the UK consultation is to determine ways of modifying
current i.p. regimes to make them more supportive of innovative
businesses, as opposed to propping up the dinosaurs.   Winston Tabb

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From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:21:52 -0600


Britain's is a conservative government, and it would be a big surprise
if it favored any changes that would ultimately do harm to business
interests.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:38:14 +0000
>
>
> I'm no expert, but a short note I wrote in August for Serials e-news
> gives some of the background to this:
>
> http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/252/Hargreaves-Review-of-Intell
> ectual-Property-a-glimmer-of-hope/
>
> Basically, the UK is in the midst of a copyright review.  What makes
> this different to previous review is that it is being explicitly
> driven by the innovation agenda and the (coalition) government appears
> to be strongly behind the call for change.
>
> David