[Copyright conference coverage] Katie Melua apparently wonders why she is valued less because she is a singer songwriter than she would be if she was a writer, according to Peter Jamieson, executive chairman, BPI.

[Copyright conference coverage] Peter Jamieson, executive chairman, BPI. “I have no desire to ape the US, but we cannot afford to lessen our music rights at all. The US is not out on its own with huge copyright protection. Europe just lags behind the trend, and has the lowest amount of time for protection.”

[Copyright conference coverage]: Martin Kretschmer Professor, Bournemouth University: “I suggest we use extended collective licensing – can’t call it a compulsory license, but on the ground you say after a short period of exclusive rights the work gets an ‘innovation license’ and royalties are negotiated thereafter. The people who earn a good living from copyright are a handful of artists, usually at the end of their career.”

[Copyright conference coverage]: Martin Kretschmer Professor, Bournemouth University, made the point that Ibuprofen and Nurofen are the same essential product but Nurofen costs ten times as much. Why because the copyright on Ibuprofen ran out in the 80s and Boots decided to market Nurofen… “If you want high prices and less innovation then extend the terms of copyright.”

Emma Pike, Chief Exec. British Music Rights, Co-Chairman, Music Business Forum, speaking at Copyright Review: Getting The Rights Balance said: “In an experience economy, do we want to slap a two thousand pound fine on customers?” But, she added: “Right now it#039s the creator which is bearing the full load of value.”

“Intellectual property is the bedrock of the creative economy. The Labour Manifesto committed us to “modernise copyright and other forms of protection of intellectual property rights so that they are appropriate for the digital age…. an information rich society needs an easy exchange of ideas – after all, creativity often comes from collaboration, from putting existing ideas together in new ways. So, we need an IP framework that balances the