The evolving role of online intermediaries in copyright enforcement: insights from the Draft Copyright and Related Rights Bill

Government copyright decision upholds exhaustion of rights

Today, the government has announced that the temporary intellectual property rights exhaustion regime, which was introduced post-Brexit, will be made permanent. This is the outcome long called for by the Publishers Association and key partners across the books industry. Following our departure from the EU, the government consulted on a change to the IP framework which could have had wide-ranging impacts for UK authors, publishers and the wider b…

The evolving role of online intermediaries in copyright enforcement: insights from the Draft Copyright and Related Rights Bill

The bill is a significant step toward clarifying the responsibilities of online intermediaries.