UK Government Against Mash-ups Exception To EU Copyright Directive

A story from OUT-LAW.COM at The Register starts with this exciting lede:

There should be no new exemption from copyright law for users’ adaptations of copyright-protected content, the UK Government has said. To create such an exemption for user-generated content would ignore the rights of content creators, it said.

According to the story, the UK Government is favoring continuation of efforts such as Creative Commons licensing rather than adjustments to legislation. The text of the answer by the UK Government to the European Commission is also posted online.