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EU Record Companies Push to Extend Copyright

Posted by Zonk on from the just-a-little-bit-longer dept.

TPIRman writes "European record companies, as represented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, are pressuring the European Union to extend copyright terms for music producers. Critics like Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig are predictably opposed, but the IFPI argues that the move is needed in order to bring the E.U. in sync with U.S. copyright regulations. Ironically, one of the original rationales behind the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act was that U.S. copyrights needed to sync up with European standards."

3 of 292 comments (clear)

  1. Pornographic Industry? by Raistlin77 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone else read this as International Federation of the Pornographic Industry?

  2. Is it really a little one afterall? by Wilvid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And the giant tentacled monster said, "Roll over, roll over."
    And they all rolled over, and one fell out, and the giant tentacled monster said, "Roll over, roll over."

  3. Re:Write to them by bbc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would love to. By the way, what is the correct form of address for a toad?