[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Poland issues a statement on copyright term extension in Europe

[Marcin Cieslak]

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Internet Society Poland has issued position paper on the proposed 
amendment to the European directive no. 2006/116 regarding copyright 
term extension.

ISOC Poland urges the Polish government to oppose the proposed legislation.

The amendment proposes an increase of the copyright term protection on 
sound recordings and performances from current 50 to 95 years. This 
issue has been already discussed in 2006 in Great Britain and the 
proposal have been rejected due to heavy criticism, most notably in the 
Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, commissioned by the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer.

We have analyzed the evidence available and we came to conclusion that 
it is not performance artists that would benefit from the proposed 
legislation. The proposed copyright term extension will benefit only 
incumbent media industry and the will increase burden on consumers, 
libraries, cultural and educational institutions, effectively limiting 
free exchange of cultural property of great historical importance and 
without commercial viability.

http://www.isoc.org.pl/200808/95years

First post! :)

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               << Marcin Cieslak // saper at saper.info >>

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