Letter - Copyright charges hit regional papers
October 19, 2007
I can add to the 'barrage of criticism' of the Newspaper Licensing Agency (News, 5 October). My copyright charges for national and regional newspaper stories trebled this year, to nearly 19 per cent of my total cuttings spend. However, without months of arguing, the charges would have equalled what I pay to get the cuttings in the first place.
These trebled charges and limited budgets must result in cuts. The only
solution was to tell Durrants to stop cutting regional newspaper
stories.
Regional newspapers sometimes see themselves as disadvantaged in
relation to government media activity. It would be odd if their
influence was marginalised by the drive to generate copyright fees. Do
newspaper groups know what is being done in their name?
Ian Scott, chief press officer, Office for National Statistics
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