This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 612789.

Digital Copyright

RICHES Intellectual Property Rights strategy: the move from analogue to digital and new forms of IPR

The RICHES project addresses the challenges that digital cultural practices pose to existing copyright law and argues for new perspectives on IPR. RICHES is at the forefront of re-thinking the intersections between cultural heritage, copyright and human (cultural) rights in the digitised era. How should we re-think the IPR framework that supports our cultural heritage system in order to respond to the changing and challenging times?