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

[Glenn Kerbein]

I must have been thinking about the 1978 extension from 20 years to 95.
But yeah, Sonny Bono was 1998. Coincidentally the same year the DMCA was
enacted.

Andrew Norton wrote:
> 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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>> --
>> Glenn Kerbein
>> Pirate Party of the United States
>> "Burn, Hollywood, Burn"
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-- 
Glenn Kerbein
Pirate Party of the United States
"Burn, Hollywood, Burn"