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Digital Copyright Exchange feasibility study
This is the final report for the Feasibility Study into the Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE).
Copyright works: streamlining copyright for the digital age identifies the good work already underway to address the seven issues highlighted in the Phase 1 diagnostic report Rights and Wrong: is copyright licensing fit for purpose for the digital age.
But the report says there is no room for complacency and work remains to be done. Streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age will remain a constant requirement of the creative and cultural industries in the UK. Like innovation or modernisation, it never has an end point.
The main recommendation from the report is the development of a Copyright Hub which will serve a number of functions including:
- Information and copyright education
- Registries of rights
- A marketplace for rights - licensing solutions
- Help with the orphan works problem
Mr Hooper said: If the UK is to maintain and improve its position as world leader in the creative industries then it needs an efficient and responsive copyright licensing system to manage the use of creative rights.
Setting up an industry-led and industry-funded Copyright Hub will help maximise the potential for creators and rights owners on the supply side and the wide range of licensees and users on the demand side.
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