The copyright term extension is going forward in Brussels despite fierce opposition from the representatives of consumer rights organisations in Europe – sort of shows if Brussels looks at the interest of the voter or the lobbyists. The ORG “Sound of Copyright” Conference that took place in the European Parliament last week is over, and [...]
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Doubling the time – Copyright term extension
I have been following the new Term Extension Directive that is going forward in the European Parliament. What does it mean? Basically, they intend to double the term of copyright for sound recordings, extending it to 90 years – that’s about 3 generations. That would mean that a song written in 1960 will not go [...]