Tag: quilty
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Parody is illegal, say barmy bureaucrats
The IPO chose Office Party Friday last week to unveil 15 more proposals on intellectual property reform. This is traditionally the most alcoholic workday of the year – and ministers might need another stiff drink as they digest the surprises that ideologically fanatical bureaucrats have been preparing for them. Among the proposals is the…
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The bureaucratic elite and the Google Review. The story continues…
It’s also a stealth project – ECL was omitted from the Executive Summary that only hurried politicians and the media ever read The Business Department BiS has launched a copyright consultation, inviting views on the recommendations raised in the "Google Review", as the "Hargreaves Review into IP and Growth" became known. Hargreaves was tasked with…