Stakeholders asked to consider options for copyright reform

The committee responsible for teasing out whether the country’s copyright laws impede innovation, has asked stakeholders to consider a series of options for reforming the sector.

However, it said it needs more evidence-based arguments and fewer anecdotal accounts regarding the impact copyright rules have on different businesses.

Richard Bruton, the enterprise minister, has ordered the committee to find solutions to the debate on who owns certain material, and who should be legitimately allowed to use it.