Hargreaves report recommends overhaul of copyright laws /Report says archaic intellectual property laws obstruct innovation and economic growth, particularly online/ * Mark Sweney <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/marksweney> * guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, Wednesday 18 May 2011 09.55 BST Professor Ian Hargreaves has made 10 major recommendations to free-up restrictive intellectual property <http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/intellectual-property> and copyright laws that "obstruct innovation and economic growth in the UK". Hargreaves, who has today published the conclusions of a five-month review in a 123-page report, found that businesses aiming to take advantage of opportunities in areas such as the internet are being held back by often archaic laws. "Could it be true that laws designed more than three centuries ago, with the express purpose of creating economic incentives for innovation by protecting creators' rights, are today obstructing innovation and economic growth?" said Hargreaves. "The short answer is: yes." Hargreaves said that the single biggest failing in the current system relates to copyright -- "once the exclusive concern of authors and their publishers" -- for which the current laws are "falling behind what are needed". [...] Continua qui: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/may/18/hargreaves-report-recommends-overh...