A session will be held on Monday to discuss the workings of the Copyright Tribunal, the body that steps in when copyright owners can't agree with each other, or with potential licensees of their content, on rates, rules and remits. The Tribunal was most recently in the headlines in the music biz when the record companies (and web firms) and publishers fell out over online royalties, though in the end much of that dispute was resolved outside the court room.
During the government's Gowers Review on intellectual property laws the trade body of trade bodies, the Music Business Forum, said it thought the Copyright Tribunal was "antiquated" and "in urgent need of reform". As a result, a review of the body has begun, and, according to Music Week, PPL Director Of Government Relations Dominic McGonigal, Authors' Licensing And Collecting Society Head Of Rights And Licensing, Richard Combes, author Nigel Warburton, Libraries And Archives Copyright Alliance's Tim Padfield and Tribunal chair Judge Fysh QC will all take part in a session as part of that review on Monday.