[Upd-discuss] 50 years is too much

[michael.davis@law.csuohio.edu]

Michael is right. The same approach is mandatory for all IP: roll back
TRIPS, and roll back all irrational extensions of copyright to the more
sane levels of several decades before the IP lobby took over IP law.

Mickey Davis

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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:38:07 +0100
> From: Wiebe van der Worp <wiebe@vrijschrift.org>
> To: soundcopyright@openrightsgroup.org
> Cc: kern-int@scriptumlibre.org
> Subject: [Kern-int] 50 years is too much
>
> Hi
>
> At FOSDEM some people made me aware of http://www.soundcopyright.eu/. It
> is good to see people fighting copyright extension. However I do not
> agree with your point of departure: "If you agree that copyright term on
> sound recordings should remain at 50 years, please, sign this petition
> today."
>
> 50 years is far too long. Could you change it and let your objective be
> decreasing the current term?
>
> Best regards
> Met vriendelijke groet,
>
> Wiebe van der Worp,
> Chairman ScriptumLibre Foundation
> +31 6 455 939 82
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