Much-Anticipated Report To Recommend Wide Changes In UK Copyright Regime

A new report, due to be released tomorrow, urges that the UK reform its copyright regime to give more protection to parody and create a “clearing house” that would clarify who owns IP rights. Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy at Cardiff University, the author of the report, is also expected to recommend changes to laws that forbid “format shifting” (the ban on copying a CD to an MP3 player).