Committee (7th Day)

Part of Digital Economy Bill [HL] – in the House of Lords at 10:45 pm on 8 February 2010.

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Photo of Lord Clement-Jones Lord Clement-Jones Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport 10:45, 8 February 2010

I support the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, in this amendment. Moral rights are currently one of the poor relations under UK copyright law. Many of the concerns about orphan works that we have talked about today would be cured if there was a proper right of attribution-a proper moral right-under UK law, particularly for magazines and newspapers, which are currently exempted. The noble Viscount made a superb case for the amendment.