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The news comes as \u2013 at the time of writing \u2013 more than 16,000 people sign a petition<\/a> against the controversial Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which received Royal Assent last week.<\/p>\n

The proposed law was vigorously opposed by many photographers including David Bailey<\/a> before parliament gave it the green light on 25 April.<\/p>\n

Campaigners have called for talks with the government in a bid to shape legislation before regulations come into force.<\/p>\n

The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) and the British Copyright Council (BCC) are among the bodies set to meet Viscount Younger of Leckie on 10 June.<\/p>\n

Viscount Younger is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property.<\/p>\n

Amateur Photographer<\/em> understands that representatives from the British Institute of Professional Photography, the Association of Photographers and the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies are also due to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n

Photographers’ biggest fear concerns the Act’s proposed treatment of \u2018orphan works’, where a copyright owner cannot be identified or traced.<\/p>\n

Campaigners have argued that, in many cases identifying metadata is often routinely removed before images are published online.<\/p>\n

They warn that the controversial law would permit such works to be used without their permission and compensation for the rights holder.<\/p>\n

The RPS points out that orphan works will be identified as such, once a
\n\u2018diligent’ search has been made to locate the copyright owner. <\/p>\n

The Society said it wants to ‘ensure that all photographers
\n – amateur or professional – are not encumbered by the need to devote
\nsignificant time and resources to protect their work from exploitation
\nby others, when they could be creating new work’.<\/p>\n

Andy Finney, who represents the RPS at the BCC, said: \u2018The sheer speed with which any photographer can create images means that we are particularly exposed to changes in copyright law.<\/p>\n

\u2018While the situation is unlikely to be as grave as some commentators believe, I am not yet convinced that the government fully understands the implications for photographers of their current agenda.<\/p>\n

\u2018In addition, orphans should not be legislated without due attention being paid to moral rights and metadata, as they are interlinked.’<\/p>\n

Stewart Gibson, legal adviser at The Bureau of Freelance Photographers, is among those voicing frustration that parliament has \u2018ignored’ photographers’ objections.<\/p>\n

He told Amateur Photographer<\/em>: \u2018In common with other photographic organisations, we are not happy with the way [the law] has been formulated.’<\/p>\n

In a statement, released yesterday, the RPS pledged to \u2018reiterate the need to protect the rights of photographers to exploit their work for their own benefit if they wish to do so’.<\/p>\n

A collective licensing body, it explains, will grant licenses to those wanting to use orphan works, with the right to deduct an administration fee – though a \u2018copyright holder may exclude the grant of licences by a licensing body’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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