Cutbot Ltd and NLA media access Copyright Tribunal issues final decision
The Copyright Tribunal has today given its decision on the reference made by the online media monitoring service Cutbot. The decision confirms an earlier order by the Copyright Tribunal, made in May...
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A convention of spiritualists
According to Tom Stoppard ‘the media’ sounds like a ‘convention of spiritualists’. In that a positive piece of media coverage can be reincarnated, used for promotional purposes and provide value, long...
View ArticleNLA media access 2013 company report
Today I am pleased to announce the publication of the NLA’s 2013/14 annual review. News Value gives an update on another successful year for the team at NLA media access. We have been busy delivering...
View ArticleMixed messages on copyright reform
The end of last month saw the celebration of World Intellectual Property Day. Admittedly it is not a high profile event in most calendars but nevertheless, it is well worth celebrating a mechanism...
View ArticleNo copyright on a good idea
There is no copyright on a good idea. In addition to its work licensing content, NLA media access acts as a forum for sharing ideas between publishers. Following the recommendation of the PPA Executive...
View ArticleFirst Journalism Diversity Fund recipients of 2014 announced
I’m pleased to report that the first group of young journalists to benefit from the Journalism Diversity Fund will shortly receive their bursaries. Seven were picked in this year’s first cohort of...
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RNIB members benefit from NLA media access partnership
We spoke on this blog recently about how NLA media access are able to provide other services on the back of the significant investment that national newspaper publishers have made in our eClips...
View ArticleIndependent Code Review publishes its Report
Walter Merricks the Independent Code Reviewer, has today published his Report on Collective Management Organisations’ (CMOs) Codes of Conduct. The Review and the Report were commissioned by the British...
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NLA licensee satisfaction results
Every month NLA invites clients to complete a Satisfaction Survey following their licence application or renewal. In 2013, just under 400 clients provided feedback on our service performance. Our...
View ArticleNLA vs Meltwater: CJEU issue ‘temporary copying’ decision
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today announced its opinion on the “temporary copying” exception in UK copyright law. As we explained previously on this blog all other issues decided...
View ArticleJournalism diversity fund recipients win coveted places on BBC journalism...
Two Journalism Diversity Fund recipients have fought off fierce competition from over 4,500 applicants to win two of just fourteen places on the prestigious BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme. Sophie Mei...
View ArticlePlaying copyright games
Earlier this month at the IP enforcement summit UK Music CEO Jo Dipple urged rights holders to do more to educate young people about copyright. However often those young people, whether they be...
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Market changes in media monitoring
Karl Marx talked of the inexorable centralization and concentration of capital. Media monitoring, like other industries, has seen huge changes in the past 15 years. Advanced technology has replaced...
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NLA and ideas
New ideas are essential to progress, and increasingly publishers are working together to share ideas that help us all adjust to the new digital publishing environment. NLA, – representing thousands of...
View ArticleReshuffles and IP ministers
Another reshuffle, another IP minister; last week the Government announced it would appoint Baroness Neville Rolfe as the BIS minister responsible for IP and copyright, replacing predecessor Viscount...
View ArticleWise words from Lord Grade
House of Lords, 29 July Extract from the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014 debate Col. 1571: Lord Grade of Yarmouth (Con): What has been unleashed...
View ArticleWhere the money goes – NLA infographic outlines what the company does with...
One of the first questions people often ask when speaking to NLA media access staff for the first time is ‘where does your money go?’ The answer is – back to the publishers who employ the journalists...
View ArticleEuropean court ruling on browsing the web – an update
It is now three months since the Court of Justice of the European Union announced its ‘temporary copying’ decision in the long running web licensing case between NLA and Meltwater. The cries of ‘won’...
View ArticleNLA media access continues significant donations to Journalism Diversity Fund
NLA media access today donated £100,000 to the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF), bringing its total support for the bursary scheme to nearly £1m. The Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) was set up by the...
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Journalism Diversity Fund Update
We reported yesterday on the Journalism Diversity Fund lunch, hosted by the BBC. NLA media access made a donation of £100,000 to continue the great work that the Fund is doing to promote diversity in...
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