Back in April I had the pleasure to join the BILETA conference which was held at the University of Minho in the beautiful city of Braga. As always with BILEAT the conference program was very rich (see attached BILETA 2017 Program) and the atmosphere was very collegial. And the Fado singing at the dinner was […]
Creative Industries
Opinion on the proposed regulations for Kenyan Collective Management Organisations
In February, I was invited to give independent academic opinion in a stakeholder meeting, organised by the Kenyan Copyright Board (KECOBO),[1] on the proposed regulations for Kenyan Collective Rights Management Organisations (CMOs). The meeting, held in Nairobi on 21st February 2017, was the first of a series of stakeholder meetings held across Kenya in the […]
My CREATe Project: Mapping the legal offer for digital content: Desperately Seeking a Database Geek
Here’s the link to the presentation on Slideshare of the research project I am conducting for CREATe under the supervision of Professor Lilian Edwards at the University of Strathclyde Picture: Aurich Lawson (c) 2013 in Megan Geuss, Reader reactions: Excel in the limelight, Ars Technica, 20 April 2013
CREATe Researchers Conference and Empirical Capacity Building Event (Edinburgh) – 13 & 14 June 2013
On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th the CREATe centre organised Researchers Conference and Empirical Capacity Building Event in Edinburgh. This was a great opportunity to talk about the research I am conducting for Lilian Edwards on copyright enforcement and on the legal marketplace for cultural goods. I was also impressed by the quantity and variety of […]