[Upd-discuss] Question regarding European Copyright law and U.S. law

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

Well, I don't see how the 1988 copyright extension act put anything in=20=

line with Europe...

Not a clue !

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr

Le 23 d=E9c. 04, =E0 18:26, Sigmascape1@cs.com a =E9crit :

> Hi,
>
> I was doing some research on copyright law in the U.S., and=20
> specifically, attempting to understand certain aspects of the law.=20
> While doing this, I ran into a lot of information regarding the 1998=20=

> Copyright Extension Act (The notorious Sonny Bono act). One issue kept=20=

> coming up in my research... the extension was necessary to put us (the=20=

> U.S.) in line with Europe's copyright laws. Can someone explain what=20=

> this means? In what way(s) did it put us in line? Was it simply the=20
> length of the extension? Generally speaking, what are the differences=20=

> between Europe's take on copyright laws vs. the U.S.?
>
> I was under the impression that our fair use stipulations were the big=20=

> difference.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MLF
>
> www.sigmascape.com
>
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