The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference
21st April 2010
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Government Consultation Responses
The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is a stakeholder in the UK Intellectual Property Office's IP Crime Strategy. As such The Federation is invited by Government through the UKIPO, DIUS and BERR to respond to consultation papers issued on various matters concerning intellectual property rights and related areas.
The Federation consults widely with member law firms of the Federation Legal Advisory Group (FLAG) in drawing up such responses.
The following paragraphs précis the submissions made by The Federation in answer to consultation papers. The full responses are available to Federation Members in the Members Area.
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April 2009 |
Comments on: ‘Copyright in a digital world. What role for a Digital Rights Agency’ |
The Federation welcomed the opportunity to comment on the major points in this paper which covered the illicit peer to peer debate, the establishment of a Rights Agency and the proposal for legislative obligations and a Code for ISPs. Although the software industry is possibly not challenged as much by illicit p2p file sharing as perhaps the music industry, it still suffers considerable loss due to this activity. The Federation feels that software should be treated as a special case as it is geared towards providing a service to the user and will become more so with the advent of software as a service etc. The proposal to form a Rights Agency is not supported by The Federation, who believes that it will become ineffective, expensive and bureaucratic and will not assist rights owners in their fight against illicit file sharers. With regard to the proposed legislative obligations and a Code for ISPs, The Federation broadly welcomed the initiative if it felt that it would reduce illicit peer to peer traffic. |
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