Re: Reuters on Elvis and copyright directive

> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=5696029
> 
> Can anyone point me to more info about the EU Term of Protection
> directive?  Clearly it's time to make a case for the public domain.


On a side note I've been told that the move from fifty years beyond death to 
seventy years beyond death for literary copyright was something introduced as 
a temporary measure in Germany to cope with the Nazi regime issue (people 
lost many of their rights for the twelve eyars it was in power and it took 
some time to regain them. This was then picked up as a goal for harmonization 
at WIPO.

I just picked up a copy of Lessig's latest book, Free Culture, which is all 
about this issue. Recommended, as are all of his books, but this one is 
particularly nice for the freaky cover.


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