On 27 December 2011 09:42, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
The Government has recently announced a consultation on about changes to copyright law. This follows a review of the existing arrangements by Professor Hargreaves over the summer.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/consult/consult-live/consult-2011-copyright...
Do people feel we should respond? (Or to reverse the question, can anyone see good reasons for us *not* to respond? Just to be clear, charities are quite allowed to do things like this so long as lobbying doesn't become their main purpose...)
I haven't read the consultation documents yet, but as a general rule I think we should respond to any consultation about topics relevant to us. It's a good way to get the relevant people to recognise our name and to make sure they consider the impact of their decisions on a section of our society, culture and economy that is very easy to forget due to so few people really understanding it.