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

81 Exceptions to right.

(1) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work) is subject to the following exceptions. (2) The right does not apply to a computer program or to any computer-generated work. (3) The right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of reporting current events. (4) The right does not apply in relation to the publication in— (a) a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or (b) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of reference, of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made for the purposes of such publication or made available with the consent of the author for the purposes of such publication. Nor does the right apply in relation to any subsequent exploitation elsewhere of such a work without any modification of the published version. (5) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of section 57 or 66A (acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c.) would not infringe copyright. (6) The right is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of— (a) avoiding the commission of an offence, (b) complying with a duty imposed by or under an enactment, or (c) in the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation, avoiding the inclusion in a programme broadcast by them of anything which offends against good taste or decency or which is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling, provided, where the author or director is identified at the time of the relevant act or has previously been identified in or on published copies of the work, that there is a sufficient disclaimer.

Your change, as a redline

81 Exceptions to right.

(1) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work) is subject to the following exceptions. (2) The right does not apply to a computer program or to any computer-generated work. (3) The right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of reporting current events. (4) The right does not apply in relation to the publication in— (a) a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or (b) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of reference, of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made for the purposes of such publication or made available with the consent of the author for the purposes of such publication. Nor does the right apply in relation to any subsequent exploitation elsewhere of such a work without any modification of the published version. (5) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of section 57 or 66A (acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c.) would not infringe copyright. (6) The right is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of— (a) avoiding the commission of an offence, (b) complying with a duty imposed by or under an enactment, or (c) in the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation, avoiding the inclusion in a programme broadcast by them of anything which offends against good taste or decency or which is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling, provided, where the author or director is identified at the time of the relevant act or has previously been identified in or on published copies of the work, that there is a sufficient disclaimer.

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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Think it through

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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