Film And Intellectual Property Rights

EDM number 2357 in 2007-08, proposed by Janet Anderson on 28/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Performing arts and Intellectual property.

That this House welcomes the release of the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace; wishes to congratulate those working in the UK film industry for their involvement in this and other internationally-acclaimed productions; notes that such films are particularly vulnerable to theft through illegal recording in cinema auditoria; and calls on the Government to introduce as a matter of urgency legislation specifically to make such activities a criminal offence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.