[Community] MEPs back off from copyright term extension vote!

[J.C. DE MARTIN]

Subject: *MEPs back off from copyright term extension vote!*

 
Dear Sound Copyright petitioner,
 
Amid intense lobbying in the European Parliament next Monday's vote on 
the proposal to extend the term of copyright has been struck off in a 
shock move. Following a meeting of the presidents of the political 
groups in the European Parliament on Tuesday, and with controversy and a 
lack of consensus surrounding the proposal, MEPs have delayed voting 
till the end of April - just before this summer's European elections. A 
trialogue discussion between the European Commission, Council and 
Parliament, set for the end of March, will now attempt to broker a deal 
to see if the directive will be allowed to pass.
 
MEPs are waking up to the reality that the proposal to extend copyright 
term doesn't do what it says. It's a terrible and unworkable instrument 
that will do nothing but bring copyright into disrepute in the eyes of 
consumers. If you're concerned about the need for a fair and balanced 
copyright framework you must contact your MEPs now (1). Make your voice 
heard!
 
In other news this week Professor Martin Kretschmer, Director of the 
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management Bournmemouth, and 
Horace Trubridge, Assistant General Secretary of the British Musicians' 
Union, have been debating the copyright term extension proposal (2). 
Additionally copyright creators in the Association for Fair Audiovisual 
Copyright in Europe have launched a petition against the proposal (3).
 
But right now the most important thing is to contact your MEPs (4) and 
tell them why copyright term extension is a bad idea (5)! Use our web 
banners (6) and spread the word.
 
 Yours, the Sound Copyright Team
 
(1) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en 
(2)http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/03/16/ 
copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators 
<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/03/16/%20copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators>_ 

(3) http://aface.eu/
(4) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en
(5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijON_XODUk
(6) http://www.soundcopyright.eu/badges
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