[A2k] Leading European academics on proposed copyright term extension for sound recordings

[Manon Ress]

Creativity stifled? - Why copyright term extension for sound
recordings is a very bad idea

http://www.cippm.org.uk/publications/index.html

EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has announced his
intention to extend the European copyright term for sound recordings
from 50 to 95 year. Leading European academics have reviewed the
empirical evidence on copyright extension, and ask the European
Commission: How could locking up recorded music for another 45 years
possibly benefit a creative and innovative society?

Following a meeting at Bournemouth University in May 2008, key
research centres signed a joined open statement, opposing extension:

     * Professor Lionel Bently, Director, Centre for Intellectual
Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge
     * Professor Michael Blakeney, Co-Director, Queen Mary
Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London
     * Christian von Borries, Composer, Producer, Conductor, project
lead =93Music about music=94, Berlin
     * Richard Chesser, Chair, Trade and Copyright Committee,
International Association of Music Librarians (UK/IRL)
     * Dr Martin Cloonan, Chair, International Association for the
Study of Popular Music (UK/IRL)
     * Professor Nicholas Cook, Director, AHRC Research Centre for the
History and Analysis of Recorded Music, Royal Holloway, University of
London
     * Professor Johanna Gibson, Co-Director, Queen Mary Intellectual
Property Research Centre, University of London
     * Professor Bernt Hugenholtz, Director, Institute for Information
Law, University of Amsterdam
     * Professor John Kay, Chair, British Academy Copyright Review
     * Professor Martin Kretschmer, Director, Centre for Intellectual
Property Policy & Management, Bournemouth University
     * Professor Hector MacQueen, Co-Director, SCRIPT/AHRC Centre
Intellectual Property & Technology Law, University of Edinburgh
     * Professor Charlotte Waelde, Co-Director, SCRIPT/AHRC Centre
Intellectual Property & Technology Law, University of Edinburgh

For further details, view:

The Proposed Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings: A joint
academic statement on the evidence (PDF - 216kb) >>
Letter to the President of the European Commission (PDF - 318KB) >>

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