Since it was established in 1975, BAPLA has striven to be a clear and representative voice for its members, both in the UK and Europe, on issues relating to the images sector, particularly in areas directly or indirectly impacting on members' business activities, such as copyright and related rights.
You can find out more about BAPLA's core objectives here.
Below is a chronology of many of the key consultation documents submitted by BAPLA's lobbying team over the past five years.
2021
Repeal of section 52 CDPA and related amendments: Call for views
BAPLA response to the IPO (08/2021)
2020
Review of the IP enforcement framework: Call for Evidence
BAPLA response to IPO (11/2020)
Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: call for views
BAPLA response to IPO (9/2020)
IPO Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016 Post-Implementation Review
BAPLA response to IPO (10/2020)
BEIS Committee inquiry on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth
BAPLA response to BEIS (07/2020)
Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors
BAPLA response to DCMS (06/2020)
Consultation on the Out of Commerce Portal High Level Specification
CEPIC & BAPLA Response to EUIPO Out-of-Commerce Works Consultation (01/2020)
2019
Online platforms and digital advertising market study
BAPLA response to Competition and Markets Authority (07/2019)
Call for evidence to review 2014 copyright changes
BAPLA response to IPO (04/2019)
BAPLA Submission: Support for the EU Copyright Directive (02/2019)
2018
The impact of UK-EU arrangements on wider UK trade policy inquiry
BAPLA response to International Trade Committee (12/2018)
Consultations on trade negotiations
Four separate territorial trade consultations, covering the following territories - the US, Australia, New Zealand, and CPTTP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership signatories - Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam)
BAPLA response to DIT (10/2018)
BAPLA Supports the Copyright Directive (09/2018)
BAPLA Supports the Copyright Directive (08/2018)
BAPLA in support of the Copyright Directive Proposal (06/2018)
Call for business input into export strategy
BAPLA response to DIT (04/2018)
BAPLA response to IPO (02/2018)
2017
Industrial Strategy: Intellectual Property call for views
BAPLA response to IPO (11/2017)
Digital Single Market Modernisation of the EU copyright rules (User Generated Content)
BAPLA response to CEPIC (04/2017)
Building our Industrial Strategy: green paper
BAPLA response to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (01/2017)
2016
Call for views on modernising the European copyright framework
BAPLA response to the IPO (12/2016)
Consultation on transitional arrangements following the repeal of Section 73 (cable retransmission)
BAPLA response to the IPO (11/2016)
BAPLA response to the IPO (06/2016)
BAPLA response to the EU Commission (04/2016)
BAPLA submission to the IPO on online platforms terms & protecting the images sector (04/2016)
BAPLA response to the EU Commission (01/2016)
BAPLA submission to the IPO (01/2016)
2015
Call for evidence on online platforms and the EU digital single market
BAPLA response to Select Committee on the European Union Internal Market Sub Committee (10/2015)
BAPLA submission to the IPO (03/2015)
2014
BAPLA key summary to UK Government on EU copyright reform proposal (12/2014)
BAPLA response to the IPO questions on territorial licensing (11/2014)
Transitional provisions for repeal of section 52 of the CDPA 1988
BAPLA response to the IPO (10/2014)
BAPLA response to questions from the IPO on the impact of social media sharing and increasing infringements online (09/2014)
Extended Collective Licensing draft legislation (see also consultation on extending the benefits of collective licensing)
Letter to Lord Clement Jones (07/2014)
Copyright exceptions for quotation and parody
Letter to Lord Clement Jones expressing concern over the broadening of the parody exception (07/2014)
Letter to George Mudie MP on quotation and parody regulations arguing the draft regulations are unduly broad and ambiguous (07/2014)
Letter to George Mudie MP expressing support of BCC letter outlining concerns regarding proposed Statutory Instruments and arguing images should be excluded from quotation exception (04/2014)
Public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules
BAPLA submission to the IPO (03/2014)
BAPLA response to the IPO (02/2014)
Consultation on draft secondary legislation for extended collective licensing (ECL) schemes
BAPLA response to the IPO (01/2014)
2013
BAPLA response to the IPO (11/2013)
Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules
BAPLA response to the IPO (10/2013)
Consultation on a voluntary code of practice for creating and retaining metadata in images
BAPLA response to the Copyright Licensing Steering Group (08/2013)
Consultation on copyright exceptions
BAPLA response on data analysis, education, research, libraries & archives (08/2013)
BAPLA response on private copying, parody, quotation, contract override, public administration (07/2013)
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Letter to Dr Vince Cable focusing on the concerns about Extended Collective Licensing and orphan works (03/2013)
Letter to the House of Lords including concerns about commercial use of orphan works, Extended Collective Licensing, exceptions overriding contracts, exceptions (02/2013)