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Media barons threaten to spike UK.gov's audacious copyright grab
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoAnyone got a link to the other side of this story? I'm happy to believe that the Tory/Liberal coalition is doing something stupid, or even something evil for the benefit of big business, but ironically this overwrought and fact-free propaganda piece in favour of expansive copyright (which is standard MO for Orlowski) actually makes me think they may be onto something good if it annoys him so much.
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoDoing some Googling of my own, I found this article from the government dept. responsible which (amusingly) calls out another Register article on this topic by the same author as being inaccurate. From reading this side of things the orphan works idea seems like a bit of a damp squib to me but it's certainly got some folks very worked up in the comment sections of these blogs. Apparently it's all a conspiracy to let Google steal your photos or indeed to "nationalise a large part of the creative sector". http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/enterprise-bill/2012/07/30/30-july-uk-copyright-accessing-orphan-works/ http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/enterprise-bill/2012/07/30/30-july... http://blogs.bis.gov.uk/blog/2012/08/02/uk-copyright-and-orphan-works-the-facts/ http://blogs.bis.gov.uk/blog/2012/08/02/uk-copyright-and-orp...