PIRACY ON THE UK AUDIOVISUAL MARKET (41p., 2003)

SUMMARY

The Study assesses the impact of piracy on the UK film industry and presents strategic recommendations with a view to enabling the client to develop and formulate a policy on this matter. It gives an overview of recent legal and political developments at national and international level.

CONTENT

Section 1 - The problem of piracy

• Physical piracy: video and DVD
• Piracy in overseas markets
• Special case: Indian films
• Decoder piracy
• Internet piracy – the lessons from Napster

Section 2 - The legal framework to fight piracy

• Copyright protection in the United Kingdom
• International harmonisation: the WIPO Treaties and TRIPs
• Copyright protection in the USA and in the EU
• Enforcement of copyright rules

Section3 - Technical solutions to protect copyright

Section 4 - The Majors and piracy – the example of music

Section5 - Music independents and piracy

Section 6 - Issues requiring priority attention