7 July 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Tech industry wants US-style copyright rules in UK trade deal

Big tech firms including Facebook, Google, and Amazon want US-style safe harbour protections from copyright liability enshrined in any US-UK free trade agreement (FTA).

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