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)

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2020

Review of the IP enforcement framework: Call for Evidence

BAPLA response to IPO (11/2020)

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: call for views

BAPLA response to IPO (9/2020)

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IPO Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016 Post-Implementation Review

BAPLA response to IPO (10/2020)

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BEIS Committee inquiry on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth

BAPLA response to BEIS (07/2020)

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Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors

BAPLA response to DCMS (06/2020)

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Consultation on the Out of Commerce Portal High Level Specification

CEPIC & BAPLA Response to EUIPO Out-of-Commerce Works Consultation (01/2020)

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2019

Online platforms and digital advertising market study

BAPLA response to Competition and Markets Authority (07/2019)

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Call for evidence to review 2014 copyright changes

BAPLA response to IPO (04/2019)

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BAPLA Submission: Support for the EU Copyright Directive (02/2019)

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2018

The impact of UK-EU arrangements on wider UK trade policy inquiry

BAPLA response to International Trade Committee (12/2018)

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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)

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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market

BAPLA Supports the Copyright Directive (09/2018)

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BAPLA Supports the Copyright Directive (08/2018)

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BAPLA in support of the Copyright Directive Proposal (06/2018)

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Call for business input into export strategy

BAPLA response to DIT (04/2018)

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Consultation on an application by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) to operate an Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) scheme

BAPLA response to IPO (02/2018)

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2017

Industrial Strategy: Intellectual Property call for views

BAPLA response to IPO (11/2017)

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Digital Single Market Modernisation of the EU copyright rules (User Generated Content)

BAPLA response to CEPIC (04/2017)

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Building our Industrial Strategy: green paper

BAPLA response to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (01/2017)

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2016

Call for views on modernising the European copyright framework

BAPLA response to the IPO (12/2016)

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Consultation on transitional arrangements following the repeal of Section 73 (cable retransmission)

BAPLA response to the IPO (11/2016)

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Public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception'

BAPLA response to the IPO (06/2016)

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Public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of intellectual property rights: right holders

BAPLA response to the EU Commission (04/2016)

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BAPLA submission to the IPO on online platforms terms & protecting the images sector (04/2016)

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Public consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy

BAPLA response to the EU Commission (01/2016)

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Consultation on transitional arrangements for the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

BAPLA submission to the IPO (01/2016)

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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)

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Consultation on the implementation of the EU Directive on the collective management of copyright and multi-territorial licensing of online music rights in the internal market

BAPLA submission to the IPO (03/2015)

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2014

BAPLA key summary to UK Government on EU copyright reform proposal (12/2014)

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BAPLA response to the IPO questions on territorial licensing (11/2014)

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Transitional provisions for repeal of section 52 of the CDPA 1988

BAPLA response to the IPO (10/2014)

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BAPLA response to questions from the IPO on the impact of social media sharing and increasing infringements online (09/2014)

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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)

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Consultation on implementing a domestic orphan works licensing scheme and the EU Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works

BAPLA response to the IPO (02/2014)

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Consultation on draft secondary legislation for extended collective licensing (ECL) schemes

BAPLA response to the IPO (01/2014)

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2013

Call for evidence on the transitional provisions for repeal of Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

BAPLA response to the IPO (11/2013)

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Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules

BAPLA response to the IPO (10/2013)

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Consultation on a voluntary code of practice for creating and retaining metadata in images

BAPLA response to the Copyright Licensing Steering Group (08/2013)

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Consultation on copyright exceptions

BAPLA response on data analysis, education, research, libraries & archives (08/2013)

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BAPLA response on private copying, parody, quotation, contract override, public administration (07/2013)

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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)