No Clause 43


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Really wonderful news out of the UK, our fellow community of shouty photographers has managed to defeat Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill - it was to be a hideously vague orphan works clause. Back in the 80s, Boy George cut a track called "No Clause 28" - it was about a rather different issue - 'promoting' homosexuality - but the tune's been in my head as the Brits fought this from being washed through parliament without fair hearing. I haven't read the details yet but I'm ready to celebrate anyway.

Updated update: more details Stop 43

Boy George © Janette Beckman
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2 Comments

It is wrong to publish any mention of BAPLA and the defeat of clause 43 on the same page. BAPLA had raised the white flag and ran home crying to mummy by actually supporting the bill. Now, somewhat incredibly it seems to trying to take credit for the defeat.

Much of the credit for the defeat of 43 was down to the immense effort by stop43 http://www.stop43.org.uk/ and supported by EPUK (Editorial Photographers UK) http://www.epuk.org/ many of whose members worked tirelessly in emailing, facebooking and twittering to UK MP's, and encouraging the rest of the general photographic community to do the same.

Left to BAPLA, the clause would have remained in the (passed) bill.

Please read up on the backstory on the EPUK or Copyright Action websites (CA is http://copyrightaction.com )

Hi Neil,
Thanks for your comment. To be honest, BAPLA was the first link I happened upon when I heard the news. I was well aware of the 2 sites you mention and I'll update this blog post linking to them both.
Cheers
Julie