Member

I want to refer to the public campaign, because I am sure I am not alone in having an inbox full of correspondence from concerned constituents. Our constituents are right with our artists in the creative sector when it comes to this issue. Members will know that I have been evangelising on the value of copyright and intellectual property rights for at least two decades, and I always felt I was having quite a job in getting through and reaching our constituents, but by God have they got it now. They understand and appreciate that our gold-standard copyright regime underpins our success in the creative sectors right around the world. It is our IP rights and copyright that ensure that the artists our constituents love, and on whose behalf they write, are properly rewarded for the works they produce and recognised for the wonderful things they bring forward.