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Written question asked by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 February 1991. It was answered by Edward Leigh (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 February 1991 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Untitled Written question

Question
If he will reconsider the proposed language of the EC Software Directive to ensure that legitimate activities, hitherto legal under United Kingdom law, do not become inadvertently violative of copyright; & what work DTI has undertaken to study legislative implications in UK of draft directive.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
186 c128W;186 c127-8W
Session
1990-91
Subjects
Software Computers Copyright EU law EU action Research