After holding a panel debate on the Google Books settlement in February, the Strategic Advisory Board for IP Policy (SABIP) recently published policy recommendations that concluded: "Doing nothing is not an option."
It added that "the Government should consider whether amendments could be made to existing copyright law to facilitate mass digitisation allowing more digital information to be made available online, and how the orphan works challenge should be resolved" and that policy-makers should investigate and assess the costs and benefits of mass digitisation.
The report is available on SABIP’s website.