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: Current AwarenessEuropean Commission proposes copyright extension Directive - OUT-LAW.com
By sally
“The European Commission has proposed a Directive that would give performers rights over recordings for 95 years after the recording. The change would give a player on a recording rights for the same length of time as the writer of the material.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com

Full post as published by Current Awareness on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).
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