Propose a change

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

211 Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions.

(1) The following expressions have the same meaning in this Part as in Part I (copyright)— assignment (in Scotland), broadcast, business, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . communication to the public, country, defendant (in Scotland), delivery up (in Scotland), the EEA, EEA state, film, injunction (in Scotland) literary work, published, . . . signed, sound recording, and wireless broadcast. (2) The provisions of— (a) section 5B(2) and (3) (supplementary provisions relating to films), and (b) section 6(3) to (5A) and section 19(4) (supplementary provisions relating to broadcasting), apply for the purposes of this Part, and in relation to an infringement of the rights conferred by this Part, as they apply for the purposes of Part I and in relation to an infringement of copyright.

Your change, as a redline

211 Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions.

(1) The following expressions have the same meaning in this Part as in Part I (copyright)— assignment (in Scotland), broadcast, business, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . communication to the public, country, defendant (in Scotland), delivery up (in Scotland), the EEA, EEA state, film, injunction (in Scotland) literary work, published, . . . signed, sound recording, and wireless broadcast. (2) The provisions of— (a) section 5B(2) and (3) (supplementary provisions relating to films), and (b) section 6(3) to (5A) and section 19(4) (supplementary provisions relating to broadcasting), apply for the purposes of this Part, and in relation to an infringement of the rights conferred by this Part, as they apply for the purposes of Part I and in relation to an infringement of copyright.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

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Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

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