Mike Weatherley MP, the Prime Minister’s advisor on intellectual property (IP), has released a report focusing on copyright education and awareness.

The paper commends rights-holders’ efforts to educate the public but recommends greater measures and co-ordination between the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), CREATe, the Department for Education, the BBC, Innovate UK and the wider creative industries.

For the BBC, this includes creating a copyright education programme using online, on-air and face-to-face channels, plus setting out its current and future plans ...