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: Recording Industry vs The PeopleEU Committee votes to extend copyright duration from 50 to 95 years
By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman
According to this report in Billboard, the European Parliament's legal affairs committee has approved an extension of copyright term for music recordings from 50 years to 95 years. Any increase would have to be approved by the Council of Ministers. Also, according to Billboard, the French and German governments are backing the proposal, while the U.K. government supports a 70-year copyright term for sound recordings.
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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).
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