EU Copyright Extension: Help MEPs Hear the Other Side


	EU Copyright Extension: Help MEPs Hear the Other Side

Djiezes

1-21-2009 6:22 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f5bbbf7e-3c21-4118-ba3f-8f47806aaccd/7E63F97C-71AA-47EA-89F2-F958B68833A9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side" href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side" style="font-size: 11px;">www.eff.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side"><H1><A href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side">EU Copyright Extension: Help MEPs Hear the Other Side</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side"><P>But lawmakers in Brussels are only hearing one side of the story from the Commissioner. That's why the campaign against copyright term extension is holding <A href="http://soundcopyright.eventbrite.com/">a public meeting in Brussels</A> next week, for you or your MEP to attend free.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side"><P>Even Europe's own leading copyright experts say the Commission <A href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/08/21/commission-adviser-accuses-barroso-of-intentionally-misleading-european-policy-makers-and-citizens-on-copyright/">misleads the Council and Parliament</A>. MEPs have still not heard how it would cost European consumers billions, but pay most eligible musicians <A href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/09/05/performers-likely-to-get-as-little-as-50%C2%A2-a-year-from-increased-term-of-copyright/">less than thirty Euros a year</A>, with <A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article4374115.ece">most of the profits returning to the major music labels</A>. Nor have they investigated its damage to a robust public domain and democratic access to cultural heritage.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side"><P>As part of the Sound Copyright campaign, the Open Rights Group is holding <A href="http://soundcopyright.eventbrite.com/">a public meeting on January 27th in Brussels</A> for MEPs to learn the honest facts on copyright term extension.  <A href="http://www.soundcopyright.eu/blog/come-brussels-and-demand-sound-copyright">Write and ask your MEP to attend</A> -- or better still, <A href="http://soundcopyright.eventbrite.com/">come along yourself</A> and give your own views.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/eu-copyright-extension-help-meps-hear-other-side">write to <A href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members.do">your MEP</A> now.  </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E63F97C-71AA-47EA-89F2-F958B68833A9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>