Mike Weatherley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Weatherley on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to ensure that publicly-funded museums do not breach new rules regarding the commercial exploitation of designs whose owners have had their rights revived following the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has an arm’s length relationship with its sponsored bodies such as museums and galleries and does not intervene in day-to-day operational matters. It would be for these museums and galleries to act in compliance with the law, including intellectual property law.