[pp.int.general] Europarliament: About the Medina Report

[Andrew Norton]

Psst glenn, sonny bono act was 1998 :-P

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Glenn Kerbein
<glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us> wrote:
> In regards to the extension, I'd like to add my two cents to the PR
> release. I'm a terrible writer, so feel free to edit it, and correct for
> grammar, etc.
>
> """
>        Copyright exists for a reason; as the Constitution states, it is "to
> promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited
> Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective
> Writings and Discoveries". Over the generations, copyright has been used
> for suppressing the dissemination of cultural works, innovation, and
> overmonopolization of "art".
>        1978, a year of infamy for rights, the Copyright Term Extension Act
> (CTEA, oft referred to as the "Sonny Bono Act") was enacted. This
> extended the terms from not just life of the author, but beyond that to
> 80 more years. This means that not only is one generation deprived of
> cultural works, but two generations are alienated from the public domain.
>
> """
>
> Carlos Ayala Vargas wrote:
>> I don't know whether you are aware of the Medina report on liberticides
>> measures on the Internet.
>>
>> Is PPI going to release a joint press note on that issue and/or the
>> /50-to-95/ issue? Regards,
>>
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