Authors’ Earnings and Contracts
This project involves a large-scale, repeat survey of the contracts and earnings of writers in the UK (50,000 in the…
The digital revolution has moved legal questions about copyright, information and competition law to the regulatory centre of the creative industries. For investors, copyright has become a currency; users struggle with rights clearance (or ignore rights altogether); creators seek ever new ways to the market. We hear wildly conflicting claims about the value of intangible assets, about the benefits of open and closed models of innovation to firms and society. Evidence is contested and in short supply.