At CREATe, we are committed to producing rigorous, evidence-based research that can inform policy and support decision-makers. This section of our website provides access to reports authored by our researchers, offering insights into key regulatory challenges, emerging trends, and the impact of technological changes on the creative economy.
CREATe Reports
e-Books: Evidence and Analysis of e-Lending Markets in Europe. Competition Law and Copyright Law Perspectives
Knowledge Rights 21 (October 2025)
Kenny Barr, Magali Eben, Matteo Frigeri, Martin Kretschmer (123 pages)
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Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector
Creative Commons (June 2025)
Bartolomeo Meletti, Kristofer Erickson, Aline Iramina, Victoria Stobo (94 pages)
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UK Screen Directors: A survey of earnings and contracts
Creators’ Hub (February 2025)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer, Michele Battisti, and Helena Saenz de Juano Ribes (51 pages)
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The Director’s Cut: Unpacking Earnings, Contracts and Working Practices
Creators’ Hub (February 2025)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer, Michele Battisti, and Helena Saenz de Juano Ribes (16 pages)
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Technological Protection Measures and Digital Preservation: Evidence from Video Games
Knowledge Rights 21 (December 2024)
Kristofer Erickson and Felix Rodriguez Perez (50 pages)
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Survey on Technological Protection Measures: Impacts for Researchers, Libraries and Archives
Knowledge Rights 21 (December 2024)
Kristofer Erickson and Victoria Stobo (67 pages)
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UK Visual Artists: A survey of earnings and contracts
Creators’ Hub (November 2024)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer, Michele Battisti and Helena Saenz De Juano Ribes (65 pages)
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The Artists Earning Survey 2024: Artistic uncertainty and the pressures facing UK Visual Artists
Creators’ Hub (November 2024)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer and Michele Battisti (17 pages)
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UK Audiovisual Performers: A survey of earnings and contracts
Creators’ Hub (October 2024)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer, Michele Battisti and Helena Saenz De Juano Ribes (64 pages)
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Behind the Scenes: The Realities Facing UK Audiovisual Performers
Creators’ Hub (November 2024)
Arthur Ehlinger, Amy Thomas, Martin Kretschmer and Michele Battisti (22 pages)
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Re-defining Indie: Charting the course of independent authors in the digital age
Creators’ Hub (April 2024)
Arthur Ehlinger, Stefan Luca and Amy Thomas (51 pages)
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Freelance journalists: A survey of earnings, contracts, and copyright
Creators’ Hub (March 2024)
Amy Thomas, Michele Battisti and Martin Kretschmer (54 pages)
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Authors’ Earnings in the UK: Policy briefing
AHRC Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (August 2023)
Amy Thomas, Michele Battisti and Martin Kretschmer (11 pages)
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Indie Authors’ Earnings 2023
CREATe Working Paper 2023/04 (June 2023)
Amy Thomas, Michele Battisti and Helena Saenz De Juano Ribes (48 pages)
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Code of Fair Practice for the Use of Audiovisual Works in Film Education
Learning on Screen (2023)
Bartolomeo Meletti, Chris Morrison and Jane Secker (11 pages)
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UK Authors’ Earnings and Contracts 2022: A Survey of 60,000 Writers
Creators’ Hub (December 2022)
Amy Thomas, Michele Battisti and Martin Kretschmer (86 pages)
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Code of Best Practices on Creative Reuse for Documentary Filmmakers
reCreating Europe (October 2022)
Bartolomeo Meletti and Stef van Gompel (11 pages)
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Code of Best Practices on Creative Reuse for Immersive Experiences
reCreating Europe (October 2022)
Bartolomeo Meletti and Stef van Gompel (13 pages)
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Creator contracts: Report on the implementation of Chapter 3 of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market
European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (June 2022)
Ula Furgal (32 pages)
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Issue reports on how copyright exceptions and other permitted uses that are relevant for documentary filmmakers and immersive digital heritage practitioners are understood in the Netherlands and the UK
reCreating Europe (July 2021)
Bartolomeo Meletti and Stef van Gompel (34 pages)
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