Up to a quarter of a million jobs will be at risk if nothing is done about copyright infringement in the UK by 2015.(Source: TERA Report 2010)
Piracy was responsible for retail losses of £1.2 billion in the UK in 2008 which resulted in 39,000 job losses. (Source: TERA Report 2010)
The UK has the largest creative sector in the EU, and relative to GDP probably the largest in the world.(Source: The Work Foundation 2007)
Exports of services from the Creative Industries totalled £17.3 billion in 2008, equating to 4.1% of all goods and services exported.(Source: DCMS 2010)
Approximately 1.3 million work in the creative industries, with a further million working in creative jobs outside these industries.(Source: DCMS 2010)
The creative industries generate £60 billion per year.(Source: DCMS)
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August 2011
Government publishes its response to the Hargreaves Review of intellectual property
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August 2011
DCMS publishes report on next steps in implementing the DEA
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July 2011
Court upholds use of s.97A of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act to make ISPs block infringing sites
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May 2011
June 2011 BT and TalkTalk seek leave to appeal twice.
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April 2011
Judicial Review judgement is handed down, rejecting BT and TalkTalk’s challenge.
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November 2010
BT and TalkTalk instigate a Judicial Review of the DEA.
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May 2010
July 2010 Ofcom carries out a consultation on Online Infringement of Copyright and the Digital Economy Act 2010 Draft Code of Practice.
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12 June 2010
The Digital Economy Act comes into force.
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March 2010
May 2010 BIS consults on proposals for the sharing of costs relating to the initial obligations for addressing the problem of online infringement of copyright.
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8th April 2010
DEA passes its third reading and Royal Assent is granted. Click here for further details.
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6th April 2010
Second reading of the DEA takes place in a Commons debate and is pushed through in the ‘wash up’. Click here for further details.
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April 2010
The Impact Assessment of the DEA is published.
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16th March 2010
First reading of the DEA presented to the House of Commons. Click here for details.
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February 2010
DEA amendments are published the week before the reporting stage begins.
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January 2010
February 2010 There are seven sittings at the committee stages of the DEA. Click here for further details.
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December 2009
The IPO consults on the Gowers Review proposals on copyright exceptions.
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November 2009
The DEA is announced in the Queen's Speech.
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June 2009
September 2009 BIS consults on proposed legislation to address illicit use of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing.
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June 2009
Digital Britain the final report is published, containing many suggestions included in the Digital Economy Act (DEA).
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January 2009
BIS and Intellectual Property Office (IPO) consult on the role of a proposed Digital Rights Agency as part of the Digital Britain process.
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January 2009
‘Digital Britain: The Interim Report’ is published containing 22 points for consultation.
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Autumn 2008
Digital Britain consultation is launched.
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July 2008
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) consults on legislative options to address illicit peer-to-peer file sharing.
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April 2007
The Broadband Stakeholder Group publishes the Pipe Dreams report http://www.broadbanduk.org/content/view/236/7/
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December 2006
‘Fair play for musicians’ is signed by over 4,500 musicians and published in the Financial Times, calling on the Government to support the extension of copyright on sound recordings.
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December 2005
December 2006 The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property is conducted; an independent review of the copyright law focusing on: ‘intellectual property rights’. The Review resulted in 54 recommendations.
