Europe split on music copyright extension

Article reports that music performers’ and producers’ hopes of getting extended royalties in Europe in the near future have been dealt a blow, March 2009, because of the inability of European Union countries to agree on lengthening the copyright terms for music recordings.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/240: "Performing artists - no longer be the 'poor cousins' of the music business" – Charlie McCreevy http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/240&format=PDF&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?id=566767

Council of the European Union: Revised text of COM (2008(464 as discussed at COREPER on 27.3.09 http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/09/st07/st07734-ad01.en09.pdf

Website: European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) http://www.composeralliance.org/

ESO: Background information: EU to push on music copyright http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-to-push-on-music-copyright/

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