reporting on a planned speech today (4/05/10)
"The second new announcement I can make today is to do with intellectual property. The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain.
"The service they provide depends on taking a snapshot of all the content on the internet at any one time and they feel our copyright system is not as friendly to this sort of innovation as it is in the United States.
"Over there, they have what are called 'fair-use' provisions, which some people believe gives companies more breathing space to create new products and services.
"So I can announce today that we are reviewing our IP laws, to see if we can make them fit for the internet age. I want to encourage the sort of creative innovation that exists in America."
Mr Cameron will promise to work to ensure London's East End becomes a "world-leading technology city to rival Silicon Valley" in California.
He will announce that Google, Facebook and Intel are among the firms investing in the area.
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