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Trade bodies write to Government on ‘pressing issue of copyright exhaustion’

ByMartin Reed 23 November 202214 December 2022

The Society of Authors (SoA), Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA), Publishers Association (PA) and Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) write to BEIS to stress the importance of maintaining the current copyright regime.

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Government pauses plans to change UK copyright exhaustion framework

ByMartin Reed 19 January 202215 November 2022

Society of Authors responds to announcement #SaveOurBooks

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Join the campaign to #SaveOurBooks and author livelihoods

ByMartin Reed 13 July 202111 September 2022

The future of the UK’s copyright regime is under threat.

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