"Over there, they have what are called 'fair use' provisions, which some people believe gives companies more breathing space to create new products and services," said British Prime Minster David Cameron yesterday. By "over there" he means America.

Cameron announced yesterday that the UK IP law will be revised to allow more room for innovation in the internet age. 

"The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain. The service they provide depends on taking a snapshot of all the content on the internet at any one time and they feel our copyright system is not as friendly to this sort of innovation as it is in the USA.(…) So I can announce today that we are reviewing our IP laws, to see if we can make them fit for the internet age", says the British MP.

Jim Killock of the Open Rights Group welcomes the announced changes to the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA):

"The Digital Economy Act left a massive hole of missing user rights like personal copying and parody. It's great to have the opportunity to make the case for modern copyright that works for citizens and artists rather than yesterday's global publishing monopolies."

However Killock is not confident that the announced review will actually lead to any significant improvements for internetusers. 

Source: ISPreview