The Register has an interesting opinion peace by Sion Touhig about the demise of professional photographers/journalists: How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer …I’m a freelance professional photographer, and in recent years, the internet ‘economy’ has devastated my sector. It’s now difficult to make a viable living due to widespread copyright theft from newspapers, [...]

(This text will be published also in OSSI’s blog) Former Financial Times editor Andrew Gowers has published a very comprehensive study on the IPRs in United Kingdom, which is a product of extensive public consultations and careful analysis of received data. The review was commissioned by the Chancellor in the 2005 Pre-Budget Report to look [...]