Welcome
To the website of the All Party Parliamentary Writers Group
The creative industries form a hugely significant part of the UK economy and will have a major role to play in our efforts to establish a more financially stable future. These industries are built around the talent and hard work of creative individuals and I am therefore delighted to be involved with this group at such an important time for creators.
The digital environment presents both opportunities and challenges for writers and there are many questions ahead concerning how best the new technology can be harnessed to achieve a balance between access and fair reward. Debates over copyright will no doubt continue in the coming years and I look forward to working with members of the All Party Writers Group to ensure that the writer’s voice is heard in these important discussions at the appropriate level.
News
John Whittingdale MP
Chair of the APWG
News
22 March 2012
Yesterday was the deadline of the Government Copyright Consultation. A selection of submissions made by organisations representing authors can be viewed below:
Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society submission
Alliance against IP theft submission
SAA (society of Audiovisual Authors) submission
Society of Authors submission
9 March 2012
See the questions being asked and answered this week in parliament that relate to writers.
6 March 2012
Have a look at the parliamentary q&a pertinent to writers from the last couple of months.
29 February 2012
A briefing note about the current government consultation on copyright can be downloaded here.
Early Day Motion
See details of the Early Day Motion on Copyright and Charles Dickens here.
8 February 2012
Details of the adjournment debate, held by Pete Wishart MP on 7 February 2012 into Intellectual Property, can be seen now on Hansard here.
14 December 2011
The IPO launched a consultation on proposals to change the UK's copyright system.
Details can be found here.
3 August 2011
The Government response to the Hargreaves Report was published today. A copy of the response is available to download from the IPO website
www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresponse.
The ALCS press release commenting on the response is available to download here.
A briefing note will follow shortly.