| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
21 Jun 2006 : Column 1882W—continued
Music Copyright
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many prosecutions there have been for the illegal copying of music for personal use under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. [76874]
Jim Fitzpatrick: It is a matter for copyright owners or their representatives to pursue those who infringe copyright in music by private copying. I understand that the BPI, the British music industry's trade association, has not sued anyone who has merely copied music for personal use.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent advice he has received from (a) the police and (b) the music industry on the issue of private sound copying and the application of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. [76875]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Infringement of copyright by private copying is a civil, rather than a criminal matter, and therefore not a matter for the police. I have not received any recent representations from the music industry, although I am aware of their concerns. Private copying is one of the issues under consideration by the current independent review of intellectual property led by Andrew Gowers. The review will report to Government in the autumn.
New Technologies
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the Department's budget was spent on researching new technologies in the last period for which figures are available. [76806]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
SET Statistics provide a breakdown of Government R&D expenditure by primary purpose and Department. The following table outlines spend for
the Department of Trade and Industry and other major Government Departments for 2003-04 on technology support and gives this as a percentage of the Department's total budget. The category technology support includes strategic as well as applied research, and pre-competitive research. These figures exclude funding of the research
base under the Science Budget and are derived from SET statistics tables 3.6 and 3.10 available on the DTI website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/science/science-funding/ set-stats/govt-exp-r&d/index.htnml, hard copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
| Analysis of net Government R&D expenditure by primary purpose and department—Dates covered: 2003-04 | ||||
| Primary purpose A: General support (£ million) | As percentage of total department budget | Primary purpose B: Government services (£ million) | As percentage of total department budget | |
| Primary purpose C: Policy support (£ million) | As percentage of total department budget | Primary purpose D: Technology support (£ million) | As percentage of total department budget | |
| Total R&D (£ million) | As percentage of total department budget | |
| Notes: Definitions: Primary Purpose A, general support for research—all basic and applied R&D which advances knowledge for its own sake; support for postgraduate research studentships (PhDs); Primary Purpose B, Government services - R&D relevant to any aspect of Government service provision (all defence included here) Source: ONS Government R&D Survey | ||
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |