{"id":5183,"date":"2020-05-02T06:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/where-we-stand\/copy-of-creator-campaign-for-fair-contract-terms\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:00:58","slug":"copyright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/where-we-stand\/copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright is founded on the principle that authors own the right to their intellectual creations and can determine whether, and under what conditions, their works may be used by others.&nbsp;Authors also have the moral right to be identified as the author whenever their work is used and to object to derogatory treatment of their work.&nbsp;Copyright law enables authors to monetise their work, underpinning the publishing and creative industries as a whole.&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/Where-We-Stand\/Brexit\">It is vital that the UK&#8217;s gold-standard copyright framework is maintained now that we have departed the EU<\/a>. The SoA urges the UK to follow future EU copyright law and the EU\u2019s Digital Single Market Strategy, which represents a significant initiative for UK rightsholders and innovators. Under no circumstances should copyright be used as a bargaining chip during future trade negotiations.<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>The principle is simple, and unaltered by technology, science, or magic: if we want to enjoy the work that someone does, we should pay for it.<\/em><\/p><cite>Philip Pullman &#8211; writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/2013\/09\/future-copyright-pullman\/\">Index on Censorship<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EU Copyright Directive<\/h2><p>The SoA supports the&nbsp;EU Copyright Directive, which aims to modernise copyright law for the digital age. Amongst other measures it seeks to address the \u201cvalue gap\u201d, the&nbsp;gulf between the revenues earned by internet giants that host copyright works&nbsp;and the money received by authors and performers who create them. Platforms which host copyright works (such as YouTube) will be forced to obtain a licence from the relevant rightsholders.<\/p><p>The Copyright Directive also contains much-needed provisions to strengthen the rights of authors when negotiating with publishers. You can find out more about these provisions by visiting<a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/Where-We-Stand\/C-R-E-A-T-O-R-Campaign-for-Fair-Contracts\">&nbsp;our Where We Stand page on fair contract terms.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copyright exhaustion<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saveourbooks.org.uk\/about\" title=\"\">Save Our Books &#8211; the campaign to keep the UK&#8217;s existing copyright exhaustion regime.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>UK Publishing generates \u00a36.9 billion for the UK economy, with higher exports than any other country. The UK&#8217;s copyright exhaustion regime, part of its gold standard copyright and intellectual property regime, is key to its success.<\/p><p>The right to take legal action against infringement is constrained by a system known as exhaustion of IP rights. Once a good has been placed on the market in a specific territory by, or with the consent of, the rights holder, the IP rights protecting this good are considered to be \u201cexhausted\u201d. This means that the right to take legal action against infringement has been lost. As a result, there is a loss of the right to control distribution and resale of physical goods. A basic example is if a person buys a book, then the copyright is considered exhausted in the market in which it was purchased. This means that the author of that book (the rights holder) cannot stop the person from then selling the book to another person within the region that the book was put on the market.<\/p><p>When the UK was in the&nbsp;EU, it was part of the&nbsp;EU\u2019s regional exhaustion regime which treats the EU as a single market. That market has been retained following Brexit, so distributors and other traders are able to move goods around the EU without the rights holder\u2019s permission. However, it remains unlawful to import goods that originated outside the EU.<\/p><p>This copyright exhaustion regime protects the UK domestic market and generates global exports by preventing the unauthorised parallel import of international copies of books to the UK. Last year, the government consulted through the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about a move to an &#8216;international exhaustion regime&#8217;. The enduring, harmful effects of such a move would make this a severe mistake. It would flood the UK market with international copies of books tailored to international audiences and would undermine UK-created content and exports. The projected losses would be \u00a32.2 billion to the publishing industry alone. In the long term, this could mean the relocating of our publishing industry beyond the UK.<\/p><p>We are deeply concerned about reports that the government is still considering an international regime, a decision which would be completely at odds with its plan to grow the creative industries by a further \u00a350 billion.<\/p><p>The Society of Authors were co-signatories to a letter, on 7 July, by the Publishers Association to the Secretaries of State, urging them not to consider this change.<\/p><div class='w3eden'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media stack-xs\">\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <div class=\"media\">\n                    <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/letter-to-government-copyright-exhaustion-july-7-2023\/?wpdmdl=116654&refresh=67fecd972449f1744752023\" title=\"Download\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <p>Letter to Government - Copyright Exhaustion - July 7 2023<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i> 11 July 2023 <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 433.07 KB <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3 downloadbtn\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/letter-to-government-copyright-exhaustion-july-7-2023\/?wpdmdl=116654&refresh=67fecd972449f1744752023\" title=\"Download\"> <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\" style=\"font-size:3em; color:#00b9c6;\"><\/i> <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Piracy<\/h2><p>Book piracy is harmful to authors, publishers, booksellers and readers alike.&nbsp;In the digital age, electronic files can be created and spread widely within short time periods. Sharing illegal copies for free online means publishers lose out on sales and authors lose out on royalties. It also leads to a decline in the perceived value of a book. We oppose this form of online piracy in the strongest possible terms.<\/p><p>Physical book piracy is not widespread in the UK. However, copyright infringement can occur&nbsp;when books produced cheaply and intended for other markets such as India leak back onto the UK market and are sold against full priced books. Authors receive no or very reduced royalties for such sales and they may cannibalise full priced sales.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collective Licensing<\/h2><p>We need to build on the UK\u2019s excellent collective licensing initiatives to ensure that information can be shared easily and at the same time rights-holders are rewarded when their material is used. Copyright exceptions for education strike a fine balance between access for teaching and learning and reward for those creating educational materials. The remuneration that authors and publishers receive from licensed educational use is essential in supporting the development of new works for the education sector. A study carried out in the UK in 2011 reported that for UK educational authors a 20% reduction in secondary licensing income would result in a 29% decline in output (which would mean 2,870 fewer new works being created annually). The current situation in Canada, where educational publishing is in danger of becoming unsustainable, demonstrates what can happen when the balance between permitted activities and remuneration is lost<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digitisation of Museums and Archives<\/h2><p>The SoA supports endeavours to provide wider access to museum and library collections but urges that this should be done with full respect to copyright and by engaging authors under the PARTNERS protocol. In particular we generally discourage use of Creative Commons licences. We know that CC licences set out clearly understandable rights to non-experts, and are popular within the cultural and educational sectors and funders, but they are not appropriate in cases where creators are professionals who receive licensing revenues (items such as soldiers&#8217; letters may be different). Such licences cannot be revoked, apply universally rather than to the specific archive, and prevent legitimate collective licencing revenues.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copyright education<\/h2><p>Knowledge of copyright, its value and how to exploit and protect it is vital for every citizen &#8211; particularly in a digital age when all are creators.&nbsp;We believe that the Government must do all it can to spread knowledge and understanding of copyright.<\/p><p>The National Curriculum should instill in pupils an understanding of the artistic and commercial value of intellectual property rights.&nbsp;School pupils need to be educated on the dangers of piracy in an era when copying is so easy. We are therefore concerned that the National Curriculum for 2014 removed all reference to intellectual property rights.&nbsp;We also support&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getitrightfromagenuinesite.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get it Right from a Genuine Site<\/a>,&nbsp;which aims to &#8216;inspire people in the UK to support the things they love by sourcing them from genuine services.&#8217;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are we doing?<\/h2><p>We work at UK, EU and international levels to protect and promote a strong copyright regime.&nbsp;We believe that current copyright law is sufficiently flexible and any proposed changes must be fully considered as to the impact they may have on creators.<\/p><p>The SoA lobbies the EU, UK Government and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/intellectual-property-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intellectual Property Office<\/a>&nbsp;as well as other interested bodies to ensure that authors\u2019 views are heard and taken into account. We sit on representative bodies including the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcopyright.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Copyright Council<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalauthors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Authors Forum<\/a>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submissions<\/h2><p>A selection of written evidence we have submitted to Government and industry in relation to copyright.<\/p><section class='__wpdm_gb_section __wpdm_gb_category'><div class='w3eden'>\n    <div class=''>\n\n        \n        <div id=\"content_wpdm_package_1\">\n            <div class='row'><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-12'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media stack-xs\">\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <div class=\"media\">\n                    <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/our-views-on-the-european-commissions-draft-legislation-to-modernise-the-european-copyright-framework-and-proposed-amendments-2\/?wpdmdl=31993&#038;refresh=67fecd96b82281744752022\" title=\"Download\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <p>Our Views on the European Commission\u2019s Draft Legislation to Modernise the European Copyright Framework and Proposed Amendments<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i> 1 August 2017 <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 389.41 KB <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3 downloadbtn\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/our-views-on-the-european-commissions-draft-legislation-to-modernise-the-european-copyright-framework-and-proposed-amendments-2\/?wpdmdl=31993&#038;refresh=67fecd96b82281744752022\" title=\"Download\"> <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\" style=\"font-size:3em; 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color:#00b9c6;\"><\/i> <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-12'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media stack-xs\">\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <div class=\"media\">\n                    <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/alcs-soa-joint-paper-on-juri-report-on-harmonisation-of-copyright-in-europe\/?wpdmdl=31995&#038;refresh=67fecd96dadf81744752022\" title=\"Download\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <p>ALCS &#038; SoA joint paper on JURI Report on Harmonisation of Copyright in Europe<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i> 1 June 2015 <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 1.30 MB <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3 downloadbtn\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/alcs-soa-joint-paper-on-juri-report-on-harmonisation-of-copyright-in-europe\/?wpdmdl=31995&#038;refresh=67fecd96dadf81744752022\" title=\"Download\"> <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\" style=\"font-size:3em; 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color:#00b9c6;\"><\/i> <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-12'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media stack-xs\">\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <div class=\"media\">\n                    <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/soa-letter-regarding-open-access-concerns\/?wpdmdl=31997&#038;refresh=67fecd970176a1744752023\" title=\"Download\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <p>SoA letter regarding Open Access Concerns<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i> 1 April 2014 <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 69.81 KB <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3 downloadbtn\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/download\/soa-letter-regarding-open-access-concerns\/?wpdmdl=31997&#038;refresh=67fecd970176a1744752023\" title=\"Download\"> <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\" style=\"font-size:3em; color:#00b9c6;\"><\/i> <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>            <div style='clear:both'><\/div><div class='text-center'><ul class='pagination wpdm-pagination pagination-centered text-center async'><\/ul><\/div><div style='clear:both'><\/div>        <\/div>\n\n        <div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#PayTheCreator<\/h2><p>Creators\u2019 work is the foundation of the largest sector within the UK economy. Yet their needs are repeatedly ignored when policy, economic and support decisions are being made.&nbsp;<\/p><p>We are a member of the Creator\u2019s Rights Alliance (CRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creatorsrightsalliance.org\/paythecreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#PayTheCreator<\/a> campaign, which brings together the campaigning work of member organisations to collectively call for creators of all types to be paid properly for the work they do, and the rights they grant, and to be given the same considerations enjoyed by other workers in the areas of pay, business support and policy making.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creatorsrightsalliance.org\/paythecreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-1021x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pay The Creator campaign logo\" class=\"wp-image-83357\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-1532x1536.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-2042x2048.jpg 2042w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-247x247.jpg 247w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-510x511.jpg 510w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CRA_PTC_LOGO-COLOUR-2-scaled.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publishers vs Internet Archive<\/h2><p>We are supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/2022\/07\/18\/publishers-vs-internet-archive-huge-implications-for-us-copyright-law-and-piracy\/\" title=\"Publishers vs Internet Archive \u2013 huge implications for US copyright law and piracy\">the ongoing lawsuit in the US<\/a> against the unauthorised scanning and distribution of books through Internet Archive&#8217;s Open Library platform and have <a href=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/2022\/08\/12\/over-twenty-organisations-sign-amicus-brief-in-internet-archive-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Over twenty organisations sign amicus brief in Internet Archive lawsuit\">joined with other writers\u2019 organisations<\/a> to submit an amicus brief to the court. The outcome of the case could have huge implications for US copyright law.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related links<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/annual-ip-crime-and-enforcement-report-2018-to-2019\">Annual IP crime and enforcement report: 2018 to 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(September 2019)<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/729184\/oci-tracker.pdf\">Online Copyright Infringement Tracker \u2013 Latest wave of research<\/a>&nbsp;(March 2018)<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/729184\/oci-tracker.pdf\">Copyright Directive receives final approval by EU<\/a>&nbsp;(15 April 2019)<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SoA works at UK, EU and international levels to protect and promote a strong copyright regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39320,"parent":5180,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[],"content-control":[],"ppma_author":[765],"class_list":["post-5183","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-where-we-stand"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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