The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has a web site - Intellectual Property Office - Copyright and related rights policy issues - summarising current policy issues relating to Copyright in the UK. An example is this summary of where things currently stand on the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, with a link to a summary of responses made under last year's consultation. The latter shows the deep divide that exists between users and rights holders, and it will be interesting how this is addressed in the forthcoming second consultation, which will include proposals for changes to the law in the area of copyright exceptions. (In case it is of interest, here is ALT's response to last year's preliminary consultation [~50kB PDF]1.)
1 Disclosure: I am employed part time by ALT.
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