The UK government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced Protecting Creativity, supporting IP, a new four-year strategy to curb online piracy.
This latest policy paper outlines government proposals to ensure the ‘effective, proportionate and accessible enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights’ is a priority between now and 2020.
According to the document, the strategy consists of three strands - ensuring UK businesses have greater confidence in the protection afforded by the IP framework to work internationally, rightsholders have access to effective mechanisms to tackle IP infringement and greater education for consumers on the benefits of respecting IP.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG, IP minister, said in the document: ‘As this strategy outlines, many problems in the IP enforcement world can only be solved through work with our domestic and international partners.
‘The challenge is to keep up the momentum we have, bring others in the UK, Europe and further afield along with us, and ensure that we continue to improve the outlook for the UK, for creators of all kinds, and for those looking to invest in the UK as a great place to do business.’
The paper outlined the importance of protecting the creative industries from piracy to ensure its continued contribution to the UK economy.
Government figures revealed that in 2013 the sector contributed £76.9bn while it employed 2.8m people in 2014.
In 2014/2015, the BPI seized pirated 385,078 CDs and 15,217,916 digital tracks.
Visit the IPO website to read the full report.
This latest policy paper outlines government proposals to ensure the ‘effective, proportionate and accessible enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights’ is a priority between now and 2020.
According to the document, the strategy consists of three strands - ensuring UK businesses have greater confidence in the protection afforded by the IP framework to work internationally, rightsholders have access to effective mechanisms to tackle IP infringement and greater education for consumers on the benefits of respecting IP.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG, IP minister, said in the document: ‘As this strategy outlines, many problems in the IP enforcement world can only be solved through work with our domestic and international partners.
‘The challenge is to keep up the momentum we have, bring others in the UK, Europe and further afield along with us, and ensure that we continue to improve the outlook for the UK, for creators of all kinds, and for those looking to invest in the UK as a great place to do business.’
The paper outlined the importance of protecting the creative industries from piracy to ensure its continued contribution to the UK economy.
Government figures revealed that in 2013 the sector contributed £76.9bn while it employed 2.8m people in 2014.
In 2014/2015, the BPI seized pirated 385,078 CDs and 15,217,916 digital tracks.
Visit the IPO website to read the full report.
