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Individuals will be able to legally copy music from CDs to portable devices and buy and sell licenses to digital products more easily as the Government backs an overhaul to the UK intellectual property law to "bring it in line with the real world".
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for ideas that will help his department promote the development of new business models and new sectors, as well as protect intellectual property, as the Government embarks on the work of producing a new Communications Act.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced plans to strip Ofcom of a number of powers as part of the government's efficiency drive, including returning the policy-setting role to the secretary of state.
Today's newspapers speculate over the contents of tomorrow's 'emergency' budget as Wimbledon guides replace the World Cup giveaways.
News Corporation's bid for full ownership of BSkyB could take more than a year of European investigation and would be examined separately at the UK level.
Media executives from the winning bidders of the last Government's independently funded news consortia have criticised the coalition Government's decision to scrap the pilot scheme.
The Government has scrapped Labour's independently funded news consortia (IFNCs) while announcing plans for deregulating ownership rules for the local media industry.
Jeremy Hunt may have been confirmed as culture secretary, but the Tories' coalition with the Liberal Democrats has left media policy hanging.
LONDON - The Government has outlined its key media policies, reiterating its commitment to giving the National Audit Office full access to the BBC's accounts.
LONDON - The Conservative Party has forced the government to introduce amendments to the Digital Economy Bill and scrap its proposed broadband tax.
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