Gowers Report Recommendations

At first glance, this *could* be very good, especially the EUCD
changes for 'orphan works' and the fence-sitting on punishment
adjustments, but could also be bad with increased numbers of state
copyright enforcers and increased use of the confused "IP" jargon
(then again, UK Patent Office handles Copyright at the moment, which
is confused anyway).

I forward the list posted to fc-uk-discuss by David Berry for the
purposes of news reporting and commentary.  What does this mean?

David Berry <d.berry <at> sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
> List of recommendations in the Gower Review
> 
> Instruments
> 
> Balance
> 
> 
> Recommendation 1: Amend section 60(5) of the Patents Act 1977
> to clarify the research exception to facilitate experimentation,
> innovation and education.
> 
> Recommendation 2: Enable educational provisions to cover distance
> learning and interactive whiteboards by 2008 by amending sections
> 35 and 36 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 (CDPA).
> 
> Recommendation 3: The European Commission should retain the length of
> protection on sound recordings and performers’ rights at 50 years.
> 
> Recommendation 4: Policy makers should adopt the principle that the