Department for Culture Media and Sport
support across government
DCMS works closely with key players across government to address and monitor policy that affects the creative industries.
Tax and regulation
DCMS works with HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue on issues of taxation and regulation that affect the Creative Industries, including the:
Intellectual property rights
Many people in the creative industries may face issues of intellectual property rights at one stage or another.
The Intellectual Property website is a comprehensive government portal that provides businesses and inventors with essential information on copyrights, trademarks, patents and designs and guidance on how to profit from them.
On 19 July 2004, in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Patent Office (who have direct responsibility for IP, patents and copyright) DCMS launched the Creative Industries Intellectual Property Forum. The forum focussed on three main areas of work new business models; education and communication; and piracy and file sharing. The forum last met on 31 October 2005.
The Forum made a number of recommendations which Government responded to.
Economic performance
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has responsibility for policy that may affect the economic performance of sectors of the creative industries, including Digital Content and Publishing and Design Policy.
Developing trade overseas
DCMS works closely with other governmental departments and organisations to look at how the creative industries can develop trade overseas, including:
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