The UK government needs to ‘uphold intellectual property rights’ to ensure the creative industries can thrive post-Brexit, a new report has recommended.
The Creative Industries Federation highlighted the challenges and opportunities in its Brexit Report, a first-look analysis of red-line issues for government as it negotiates leaving the European Union.
According to the report, it is vital that the government ‘upholds intellectual property rights including copyright in trade deals, especially with new markets with bad infringement records, [as well as remaining] proactive in negotiations on the Digital Single Market and other regulatory issues with major implications for the sector’.
Other concerns raised by the document include how the UK retains and recruits talent and how new visa rules will be implemented as well as whether there will be increased costs for British artists touring the EU and for British venues wanting to showcase non-UK EU nationals.
Jo Dipple, chief executive, UK Music, said: ‘The UK music business derives more than half its revenue from exports, to the tune of £2.2bn last year, so our future is dependent on securing favourable trading conditions with overseas territories.
‘The government has limited time to understand business needs so it should use the Creative Industries Federation Brexit Report to inform decision-making which will affect our prospects for decades to come. So government, please read this document and make well-informed decisions on behalf of creative businesses in the UK.’
The report has been presented to Karen Bradley, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport.
Read the full report.
Read the Europan Commission's for its Digital Single Market Strategy.
PRS for Music recently held The European Copyright Reform and What It Means For Songwriters, Composers and Publishers seminar to explore the potential impact of the legislation.
John Mottram, a policy expert from the collecting society, said that the new copyright reforms are ‘a genuine opportunity to right the balance’ in the digital music market.
Read the full story from the event.
The Creative Industries Federation highlighted the challenges and opportunities in its Brexit Report, a first-look analysis of red-line issues for government as it negotiates leaving the European Union.
According to the report, it is vital that the government ‘upholds intellectual property rights including copyright in trade deals, especially with new markets with bad infringement records, [as well as remaining] proactive in negotiations on the Digital Single Market and other regulatory issues with major implications for the sector’.
Other concerns raised by the document include how the UK retains and recruits talent and how new visa rules will be implemented as well as whether there will be increased costs for British artists touring the EU and for British venues wanting to showcase non-UK EU nationals.
Jo Dipple, chief executive, UK Music, said: ‘The UK music business derives more than half its revenue from exports, to the tune of £2.2bn last year, so our future is dependent on securing favourable trading conditions with overseas territories.
‘The government has limited time to understand business needs so it should use the Creative Industries Federation Brexit Report to inform decision-making which will affect our prospects for decades to come. So government, please read this document and make well-informed decisions on behalf of creative businesses in the UK.’
The report has been presented to Karen Bradley, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport.
Read the full report.
Read the Europan Commission's for its Digital Single Market Strategy.
PRS for Music recently held The European Copyright Reform and What It Means For Songwriters, Composers and Publishers seminar to explore the potential impact of the legislation.
John Mottram, a policy expert from the collecting society, said that the new copyright reforms are ‘a genuine opportunity to right the balance’ in the digital music market.
Read the full story from the event.
