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Recent Article relating - Copyright laws criminalise millions
PRESS ASSOCIATION on 16.04.2009
UK copyright laws are the worst in the world and needlessly criminalise millions of people, according to a new report. …Consumer Focus said countries around the world had adapted their copyright laws to keep up with advances in technology, but the UK had been left behind…. A "fair use" exception to copyright law was needed to allow copying activities that cause no economic harm to rights holders, the group said. A survey of 16 countries by Consumers International, a global umbrella group for consumer rights organisations, rated the UK's intellectual property laws as worse than emerging economies such as Thailand and Argentina…. The study looked at how each country's copyright law balanced the interests of rights holders with those of consumers….. Ed Mayo, the chief executive of Consumer Focus, said: "UK copyright law is the oldest but also the most out of date. It's time our copyright law caught up with the real world….. "The current system puts unrealistic limits on our listening and viewing habits and is rapidly losing credibility among consumers. A broad 'Fair Use' exception would bring us in line with consumer expectations, technology and the rest of the world."
