Sound Copyright – eine Petition gegen die Ausweitung des Copyright

Die Open Rights Group erklärt in einem kurzen Video, warum eine Verlängerung von Urheberrechtsansprüchen problematisch ist. Auf der Webseite “Sound Copyrights“ wird zu einer Petition aufgerufen und dazu heißt es:

Tell the EU: Keep Copyright Sound!

A handful of major record labels are trying to break a fifty year-old promise. Musicians and their fans will not be the only victims.

Copyright in sound recordings currently lasts for 50 years. An independent review (the “Gowers review”) commissioned and endorsed by the UK government says it should remain at 50 years. Yet the recording industry continues to demand that this term be extended. But term extension would be an injustice to European musicians and musical culture, and may harm our economy.

If you agree that copyright term on sound recordings should not be extended past 50 years, please, sign this petition today.

About Sound Copyright: This site is operated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Open Rights Group (ORG).

EFF is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to defending innovation, consumers’ rights, freedom of expression and privacy in the digital environment. EFF has hundreds of European donors and thousands of active supporters throughout Europe. To find out more about the EFF’s work, please see the EFF main site.

ORG is a grassroots non-governmental organisation based in London, UK, which speaks out whenever the poor regulation of technology threatens civil, consumer or human rights. Founded in 2005, its core operations are funded by regular donations from individual UK citizens. To find out more about ORG’s work, please see the ORG main site.

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