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Pre-Budget report 2006 - Business

Copyright proposals hit wrong note

By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Michael Peel and Tobias Buck

Published: December 6 2006 18:55 | Last updated: December 6 2006 18:55

The Gowers review on Wednesday failed to strike a chord with the music industry, which attacked its proposals on private copying and performers’ copyright terms.

Intellectual property lawyers said the review had recommended limited reforms in other areas, showing that fundamental changes would have to be made at an international level.

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