Richard Hooper To Stand Upwardly Downward Every Mo Chairman Of The Copyright Hub

has simply learned that Richard Hooper, currently the Chairman of the Copyright Hub, has decided to acquire out his position.

According to the relevant press release:

"Today, at the WIPO conference The Global Digital Content Market inward Geneva, Richard Hooper CBE announced that amongst trial from one May 2016 he volition stand upward downward every bit Chairman of the Copyright Hub Foundation afterward well-nigh v years. He volition paw over the rôle to Mark Bide who is currently an adviser to the Foundation’s Board.

This marks the transition of the Copyright Hub Foundation to the adjacent stage of its development, inward which its principal focus volition endure on edifice trust inward the marketplace house as well as effective self-regulation; every bit good every bit continuing to facilitate the roll-out of applications as well as sis hubs. Mark Bide has previously led the governance move strand on behalf of the Foundation’s board. 

In recognition of his standing every bit the founding manful individual raise of the concept of a digital copyright hub, the Foundation Board has invited Richard Hooper to choke Honorary President of the Copyright Hub Foundation an invitation he has accepted. The persuasion of a hub amongst the capability of linking copyright owners as well as users at effectively no transactional terms was get-go laid out inward his written report for the Great Britain regime entitled Copyright Works: streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age.

Richard Hooper

Richard Hooper said: “It has been an extraordinary fourth dimension leading the Copyright Hub Foundation every bit it has built the foundation of a technology platform that will [will? Shouldn't this remove maintain happened already?] make licensing easier as well as cheaper for all creators as well as rights holders. I desire to give thank you lot all our many supporters as well as funders inward the Great Britain as well as around the world: this is a genuinely global projection every bit relevant to creators as well as inventiveness inward developing economies every bit to Western countries similar the UK.   A big give thank you lot you likewise to Dominic Young who brought a precise technology vision to the Hub, edifice on existing initiatives such every bit the Linked Content Coalition. I am delighted to stay engaged amongst the Foundation every bit its President as well as await frontward to supporting its move every bit it moves into novel as well as exciting times.”

Mark Bide added: “I am honoured to remove maintain been asked past times the Board of the Copyright Hub Foundation to convey the chair of the arrangement at this critical 2nd inward its development.  Succeeding Richard volition endure no slowly task. I really much await frontward to working amongst Dominic Young, the other members of the staff as well as the Board of the Foundation. Together, nosotros volition endure working to ensure the delivery of the objectives of the Copyright Hub Foundation as well as its technology platform of simplifying as well as extending copyright licensing past times providing a trusted marketplace house inward the digital environment.”

Dominic Young, CEO of the Copyright Hub, said: “It has been a pleasance to move amongst Richard over the past times few years to acquire the Copyright Hub to the seat it is inward today. I intend I tin utter for the whole squad inward saluting the energy, enthusiasm as well as sheer conclusion that Richard has position into the creation as well as move of the Hub. I am delighted that he volition proceed to endure involved inward the future.”