Re: Reuters on Elvis and copyright directive

> Our stuff is still selling, and there's about 250 various compilation
> albums out there worldwide. I'd like the period extended as soon as
> possible, and 95 years sounds good to me.

hmm ... there's quite a few things *I*'d like, too - a nice flat "sounds
good to me".  Now, whether the world would be prudent to give me it is
another matter ...

> With this in mind, trade body the International Federation of the
> Phonographic Industry last year asked the European Commission for an
> extension of Term of Protection for producers and artists with the
> goal of ending the discrepancy between the United States and the EU.

call me cynical, but I'm sure the goal is actually to extend the term in
the EU, ideally in some way that leaves at least some category of works
for which there'll then be a discrepancy that can be used as
justification for extending terms in the US in like manner ... after
all, this is what happened last time around, when the US extended terms
to "harmonize" with the EU, leading to the present discrepancies.

Thanks for the heads-up Toby: yes, we do need to get the public domain's
case heard as the lobbying frenzy gets under way ...

	Eddy.