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Wynford Vaughan Thomas Memorial
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Why the inquiry into Hargreaves?

Now we know why an enquiry has been called into the Hargreaves Report on IP.
It's the music industry again.

Hargreaves - last chance to make a difference

Commons Select Committee Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property.

Written evidence needs to arrive by 5 September.

Photo of the day 15-8-2011

It's been a a cool grey wet summer here, and autumn is nearly upon us in mid-August!

Gulp. Largest animation shot on a Nokia N8

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

This lovely stop motion animation was shot on a Nokia N8 on Pentywyn Beach in south Wales.

Media literacy in Europe

Invitation to tender - study on film and media literacy in Europe. Better hurryhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif if you're interested.

Gateway to 400,000 films

400,000 films, posters, lantern slides and ephemera now available through the European Film Gateway and more to come.

Photo of the day 11-8-2011

Plant Duw (God's Children) at the National Eisteddfod.

Photo of the day 7-8-2011

T James Jones, Archdruid at the National Eisteddfod, Wrexham.

AV Single Market in the EU

Heritage institutions, AV media producers and performers should probably send in their views regarding the Green Paper on the "online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market"

"The Green Paper looks at the ways in which the audiovisual sector is changing in response to technology developments and consumer expectations. It invites stakeholders to comment on the challenges and opportunities facing audiovisual media service providers, and in particular whether the regulatory and legal framework poses barriers to the cross border availability of online services in the EU. The Green Paper focuses in particular on the copyright licensing framework, and discusses a number of regulatory approaches to licensing. In addition, it looks at the remuneration of authors and performers for the online use of their works; and deals with certain special uses of audiovisual works. "

No rush (November), but a considered reply probably requires a lot of work. There are various activities on the go to promote discussion and analysis.

Implementing Hargreaves

UK government statement on the the implementation of the Hargreaves report on Intellectual Property. It's easy enough to find links to those reporting and commenting on the decisions. This for example is iStock's take on the decision.