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

[Pranesh Prakash]

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Perhaps this new document could be read alongside another famous one =97 th=
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amicus* submission by a bunch of economists (seventeen, including five Nobe=
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laureates) in the *Eldred v. Ashcroft* case.

HTML version: http://tinyurl.com/4dvvch
PDF version:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/supct/amici/economists=
.pdf

A response by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis: "Seventeen Famous
Economists Weigh in on Copyright: The Role of Theory, Empirics, and Network
Effects" (December 2003). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=3D488=
085


On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 21:18, Manon Ress <manon.ress@keionline.org> wrote:

> 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 "Music about music", 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) >>
>
> http://www.cippm.org.uk/publications/index.html
>
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