Hub Press

Richard Hooper delivers the Charles Clark Memorial Lecture at the London Book Fair 2013

18th April

The Chair of the CHLG and author of the Copyright Works report, Richard Hooper CBE, delivered the annual Charles Clark Memorial lecture at the London Book Fair in Earl's Court. In it he spoke of the challenges publishers and other creative sectors face in ensuring their copyright licensing processes are fit for the digital age and how these challenges could possibly be met by the development of the Copyright Hub.
A full copy of the lecture is available here. 

From idea to reality: the Copyright Hub takes shape

25th March

The Government has agreed funding to enable the creative sector to embark on phase 1 of developing the Copyright Hub.

With Government finance in place the first phase of the Copyright Hub will go live this summer.

To see the CLSG press release please click here.

Government gives £150,000 to kick-start copyright Hub

25th March

Intellectual Property Minister Lord Younger announces £150,000 of funding for the creation of the Copyright Hub. Lord Younger said 'The Copyright Hub will simplfy Copyright licensing for customers and I am delighted to announce this funding to enable industry to begin their work.'

The IPO's press release is available here.

Copyright Hub presented to the European Commission

7th March

CHLG member Dr Ros Lynch gave a presentation on the Copyright Hub to the User Generated Content and Small Users working group of the Licences for Europe initiative.

To see Dr Lynch's presentation on the Hub and the other presentations given to the working group, click here to visit the Licences for Europe website.

Copyright Hub discussed at the AAP Annual Meeting

28th February

Richard Mollett of the Publisher's Association (PA) spoke about the Copyright Hub and its potential benefits for creators and users at the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Annual Meeting in New York on the 28th February