Copyright and the Regulation of Orphan Works: A Rights Clearance Simulation and Two User Experiments

About This report is a collaboration between the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management, Bournemouth University (BU), the Department for Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour, The Business School, BU, and CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright & New Business Models. The Hargreaves Review stated: “The problem of orphan works – works to which access...

Extending the open access Copyright User Portal

An animated film on Copyrightuser.org titled The Adventure of the Girl with the Light Blue Hair won an AHRC Research in Film Award on 12 November 2015 at an Awards Ceremony hosted at the British Film Institute, Southbank London. Copyrightuser.org is an online resource, which makes copyright law accessible to creators, teachers, students and members of the public. The project began with Bournemouth University’s...

Copyright and the economic effects of parody: An empirical study of music videos on the YouTube platform and an assessment of regulatory options

The UK Intellectual Property Office commissioned study on parody and pastiche led to three outputs co-authored by CIPPM Co-Director Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Dr. Kris Erickson (Research Fellow CREATe, University of Glasgow) and Professor Martin Kretschmer (Director CREATe, University of Glasgow).  The Reports evaluate policy options in the implementation of the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property & Growth (2011). Study I authored by Dr. Kris...

‘Pods, Blogs and Fair Dealing: Making sense of copyright exceptions in an online world’

Authors: Mendis, D. Start date: 21 April 2009 Journal: European Intellectual Property Review Pages: 1-9

Streaming, Second Life, ‘Summer’ and Tennis from SW19: A Legal Perspective on Streaming and Second Life on Sporting Events

Authors: Mendis, D. Journal: European Intellectual Property Review Volume: 30 Pages: 1-3 ISSN: 0142-0461

From Sony Librié to Sony Reader and iLiad: The beginning of the end? Legal implications surrounding the eBook debate, Sony Reader and iLiad

This paper will initially re-address the longstanding eBook debate and address the more complicated legal issues arising from these latest devices with particular reference being made to the Sony Reader. Since plenty of attention has been lavished on the music industry and online digital music distribution it is the aim to explore a relatively unexplored area of the eBook Reader and the 'paperless word' and the legal challenges faced by the eBook industry.