Dominic Young

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I’ve been around the news media and the internet since the beginning. I am interested in copyright as the basis for a thriving and balanced creative sector and society. Also interested in how the failure of copyright and other laws has led to terrible outcomes for the internet and everyone who uses it. I’ve done a lot of things around these issues.

Category: Copyright Hub

  • The European Commission’s manifesto for The Copyright Hub

    As you may know, I stepped down from The Copyright Hub earlier this year, two-and-a-half years into my planned one year tenure. The Hub is a fantastic, exhilarating, project which stands to create massive and positive change for creators. That is why it has attracted the wide-ranging support from an enormously diverse group of people, organisations,…

  • Blocking the blockers is a waste of a good crisis

    Back when my day job involved worrying about such things, I didn’t much like the online advertising market. As a publisher, it’s quite hard to love. Advertising works for publishers when they can charge a premium price for their ads, establish and defend a meaningful market share, turn a larger audience into higher yields and…

  • Tis but a flesh wound

    Much has been written in the last week or two about the death of newspapers. The announcement that the Independent will cease its print edition has prompted this hand-wringing and outpouring. The Independent’s hobbyist owner, Evgeny Lebedev, has offered up his own wisdom about the situation. In an interview with the Guardian he claims his…

  • A new world

    As you may have seen elsewhere, I am going to be the new CEO of the Copyright Hub. While this was absolutely not what I had planned for myself, it’s too tempting an opportunity to pass up. I have been of the view for years that the problem with copyright is not the law, but…