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Viewing cable 08LONDON612, MOVING IPR INTO THE MAINSTREAM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08LONDON612 2008-02-27 16:08 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy London
VZCZCXRO8832
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHLO #0612/01 0581608
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 271608Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY LONDON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7618
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHBL/AMCONSUL BELFAST 0978
RUEHED/AMCONSUL EDINBURGH 0874
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LONDON 000612 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON KIPR UK ECPS
SUBJECT: MOVING IPR INTO THE MAINSTREAM 
 
 
LONDON 00000612  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.(U) Summary: HMG released its strategy paper to support the UK's 
creative sector and move it from the margins to the mainstream of 
economic and policy thinking. The creative sector adds GBP 60 
Billion ($120 Billion) or 7.3 percent of GDP to the British economy 
annually. HMG plans to foster and protect intellectual property by 
consulting on legislation that would require internet service 
providers (ISP's) to cooperate in taking action against illegal file 
sharing. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) plans to put 
into action a plan on intellectual property (IP) enforcement and 
also promote better understanding of the value and importance of IP. 
End Summary. 
 
2. (U) The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department 
for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and the Department 
for Innovation, Universities and Skills have collaborated to create 
a vision paper for UK's creative economy titled "Creative Britain: 
New Talents for the New Economy." The creative sector has grown at 
twice the rate of the economy over the past decade. The government's 
challenge is to bring the creative industries into the mainstream 
and its vision is that Britain's biggest cities will be driven by 
the creative economy in ten years time. (The full report is 
available at http://www/culture.gov.uk. Click on publications under 
"quicklinks" to find it). 
 
3. (SBU) Lisa Vango of UK-IPO told us that there is no new 
information on potential legislation by HMG to require ISP's and 
rights holders to cooperate against illegal file-sharers in the 
strategy paper since we last reported on the topic. She said that it 
emphasizes that HMG will not hesitate to legislate if no agreement 
is reached and will consult in 2008 with intent to implement 
legislation in April 2009. However, Vango said no decision has been 
made on what form any legislation would take and that all options 
are on the table. This is despite media reports that HMG is leanings 
towards a French-style "three strikes" policy for illegal 
file-sharers. The December 2006 Gowers Review of UK Intellectual 
Property Framework suggested that ISP's and rights-holders should 
reach a voluntary agreement on online illegal file-sharing. So far 
no agreement has been reached and in January, former Minister for 
Intellectual Property, Lord Triesman, announced that if no agreement 
is reached by the end of the summer, he would request that HMG 
introduce legislation on the subject in the annual Queen's speech in 
November. HMG prefers a voluntary or commercial agreement between 
ISP's and all relevant sectors. 
 
4. (SBU) UK-IPO will implement the following changes with the goal 
of strengthening IP enforcement: 
 
---Explore options for voluntary enforcement funds. The Motion 
Picture Association of America is already providing funding to the 
UK for IP enforcement and UK-IPO hopes to build on this. 
 
---Pilot a "Fake Free London" campaign on IP enforcement. The UK 
Film Council plans to pilot its Fake Free London project in Spring 
2008. UK-IPO hopes to use this project to cleanse London of 
counterfeit projects in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics. Billy 
Watson of the UK Film Council leads this project and told us that 
this was part of his long-term plan for the London Fake Free Zone, 
but is delighted that HMG is so publically supporting the project. 
 
---Establish and fund a National Center of Excellence. This would be 
a national law enforcement center that would provide specialized 
knowledge and skills for IP enforcement. Vango said this is a new 
idea first proposed in the strategy paper. The project is in its 
infancy now, but UK-IPO hopes to begin planning in the next few 
months. 
 
---Work with Trading Standards Officers to make best use of the 
Proceeds of Crimes Act. This act allows HMG to recover monies earned 
through criminal activities. Currently this act is generating around 
GBP 500,000 ($1 Million) of monthly from IP related crime-assets. 
 
---Work with the Association of Police Officers to increase IP 
enforcement. 
 
---Establish a Ministerial and Industry forum to bring together 
rights-holders, consumer groups, the government and technology 
companies to discuss new ideas, issues, and solutions to the 
challenges and opportunities brought forward from new technology. 
Vango said this is another new idea first proposed in this strategy 
paper. She said that technology for distributing copyrighted 
materials is changing so quickly that HMG needs this discussion 
group to ensure that new policies are relevant and useful. 
 
5. (U) HMG will promote better understanding of the value of and 
importance of IP through education. HMG is considering including IP 
as part of normal school curriculum. In addition, they want 
specialist arts and music schools to promote IP with their students. 
UK-IPO will also work with stakeholders to create an awareness 
 
LONDON 00000612  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
campaign meant to inform citizens of their rights regarding IP. In 
particular, they want to inform citizens of their rights regarding 
file-shifting (e.g transferring music from a CD to a MP3 player) for 
personal use. 
 
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