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# AIM Issues Digital Copyright Manifesto
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/aim-issues-digi/
- Published: 2008-05-09T10:31:54.000Z
- Updated: 2008-05-09T10:31:54.000Z
- Description: UK trade group, the Association For Independent Music (AIM) has published "Copyright In the Digital Age," calling for a copyright infrastructure better suited to fit current and future conditions. According. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/05/aim-issues-digi.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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UK trade group, the **Association For Independent Music** (AIM) has published **"Copyright In the Digital Age,"** calling for a copyright infrastructure better suited to fit current and

[![Aim_logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2008/05/09/aim_logo.jpg "Aim_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/09/aim%5Flogo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

future conditions. According to AIM:

- Digital is fundamentally a format shift which has changed the entire value chain – creation, production, distribution and consumption.
- Governments need to acknowledge this and support the growth of the creative industry through copyright law written to handle an evolving digital age.
- New monetization methods are needed for new usages and models of consumption.
- Some businesses which "depend greatly on facilitating consumers access to, and ability to copy and share" music as well as consumers "enjoy their respective benefits while copyright owners cannot claim a fair share of this value chain".

For AIM and much of the [UK music industry](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2008/04/op-ed-jon-webst.html?ref=hypebot.com), those profiting from music but paying less than they should extend beyond online services to include device manufacturers like Apple, as well as, ISP’s. And while it is a detailed call to action, the 24 page manifesto offers little in the way of specific solutions.

**The position paper can be downloaded [here](http://www.musicindie.com/254.asp?sub=General%2520Resources&ref=hypebot.com). Read it and tell us what you think.**