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.

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What to do with it
As published

33 Anthologies for educational use.

(1) The inclusion of a short passage from a published literary or dramatic work in a collection which— (a) is intended for use in educational establishments and is so described in its title, and in any advertisements issued by or on behalf of the publisher, and (b) consists mainly of material in which no copyright subsists, does not infringe the copyright in the work if the work itself is not intended for use in such establishments and the inclusion is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. (2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the inclusion of more than two excerpts from copyright works by the same author in collections published by the same publisher over any period of five years. (3) In relation to any given passage the reference in subsection (2) to excerpts from works by the same author— (a) shall be taken to include excerpts from works by him in collaboration with another, and (b) if the passage in question is from such a work, shall be taken to include excerpts from works by any of the authors, whether alone or in collaboration with another. (4) References in this section to the use of a work in an educational establishment are to any use for the educational purposes of such an establishment.

Your change, as a redline

33 Anthologies for educational use.

(1) The inclusion of a short passage from a published literary or dramatic work in a collection which— (a) is intended for use in educational establishments and is so described in its title, and in any advertisements issued by or on behalf of the publisher, and (b) consists mainly of material in which no copyright subsists, does not infringe the copyright in the work if the work itself is not intended for use in such establishments and the inclusion is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. (2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the inclusion of more than two excerpts from copyright works by the same author in collections published by the same publisher over any period of five years. (3) In relation to any given passage the reference in subsection (2) to excerpts from works by the same author— (a) shall be taken to include excerpts from works by him in collaboration with another, and (b) if the passage in question is from such a work, shall be taken to include excerpts from works by any of the authors, whether alone or in collaboration with another. (4) References in this section to the use of a work in an educational establishment are to any use for the educational purposes of such an establishment.

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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