ACID is a member of the national UK IP organisation The Alliance Against IP Theft  and sits alongside 20 associations and enforcement organisations with a joint objective of ensuring intellectual property rights receive the protection they need and deserve. With a combined turnover of over £250 billion, The alliance’s members include representatives of the audiovisual, music, video games and business software, and sports industries, branded manufactured goods, publishers, authors, retailers and designers.

Many will have read about the effects of the Digital Economy Bill and what it will mean. Luther Pendragon, lobby advisers to The Alliance, have prepared a summary to the new copyright provisions in the Digital Economy Act.  It doesn’t go into every intricate detail, but gives an accessible review. Click here to access the summary.