A survey by the British Photographic Council revealed photographers’ concerns in regards to the country's copyright law.

More than 1000 photographers, press agencies and picture libraries participated in the survey, which found that 72% of respondents admitted they had become aware of copyright infringements. On average, each respondent has found 26 copyright breaches of their work.

'These results show existing UK copyright law is not protecting the interests of photographers in the way it was intended,’ John Toner, chair of the BPC said in a statement.

The survey also exposed the decreasing income of respondents and uncovered that only 74% of photographers who pursued payment for copyright infringements received fair compensation. 71% of participants admitted the difficulty of pursuing legal action.

'It is very difficult for a small business to take a large company to court financially when you have a good idea that they will drag out proceedings until you have run up very high costs and have to withdraw,' one of the respondents commented.

Read the full report here: www.epuk.org/News/919/bpc-survey