In July 2013, the Develop Conference hosted a programme of over 80 sessions, tracking the current videogame industry developments and trends. For three days, the renowned annual conference (organised by Develop Magazine, a trade publication with a circulation of 300,000) welcomed videogame professionals from around Europe to Brighton, in a programme shaped by and for some of the key figures in the industry. As part of the Copyright and Games project, and having made some initial forays into literature on the development of business models, creative platforms and payment mechanisms, Develop provided an opportunity to see exactly what the industry was talking about, and how they were discussing it with one another.
The 6th Annual Media Education Summit was held 19th and 20th September in Sheffield. As a newly-appointed research fellow with…
Curated by Prof. Martin Kretschmer & Dr Sukhpreet Singh Saturday 12th October 1100 – 1400 CREATe takes ‘digital’ seriously. In…

This event has been postponed – a future date for 2014 will be announced soon. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO)…

CREATe is presenting, in October 2013, a weekend of research events and seminars aimed at generating discussion on the relationship between copyright law and norms of communication. While research councils promote open access publishing strategies, journal articles have remained the typical unit of dissemination, prescribed by periodic research assessments and academic career progression. Digital innovation, if taken seriously, may open more permeable, iterative forms of scholarly and commercial communication.
Ofcom has today published the final findings of a year-long study into how and why internet users access music, films,…
The eighth release in CREATe’s Working Paper Series is now available for download. Intellectual Property Puts Article 6(1) Brussels I…
Preparations are now well under way for the Archives & Copyright: Developing an Agenda for Reform conference which is due…