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The European Union Commission has proposed on 16 July 2008 to extend the length of the copyright on recordings to 95 years from 50 years.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1156&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr EUROPA - Press Releases - Intellectual Property: Commission adopts forward-looking package<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The European Parliament modified the proposal to be 70 years instead and passed it on 23 April 2009.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/627&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission welcomes Parliament vote on copyright term<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The remaining step to this becoming law is approval by the European Council.<ref> [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/eu-extends-musical-copyrights-by-20-years-eyes-movies-next.ars Arstechnica Article]</ref>
The European Union Commission has proposed on 16 July 2008 to extend the length of the copyright on recordings to 95 years from 50 years.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1156&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr EUROPA - Press Releases - Intellectual Property: Commission adopts forward-looking package<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The European Parliament modified the proposal to be 70 years instead and passed it on 23 April 2009.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/627&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission welcomes Parliament vote on copyright term<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The remaining step to this becoming law is approval by the [[Council of the European Union|Council of Ministers]].<ref> [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/eu-extends-musical-copyrights-by-20-years-eyes-movies-next.ars Arstechnica Article]</ref>


== Purpose of the Extension ==
== Purpose of the Extension ==

Revision as of 13:16, 3 May 2010

The European Union Commission has proposed on 16 July 2008 to extend the length of the copyright on recordings to 95 years from 50 years.[1] The European Parliament modified the proposal to be 70 years instead and passed it on 23 April 2009.[2] The remaining step to this becoming law is approval by the Council of Ministers.[3]

Purpose of the Extension

The stated purpose of the extension of the recording copyright term is to "bring performers' protection more in line with that already given to authors - 70 years after their death." The term in Directive 2006/116/EC[4] is 50 years after publishing the performance, or 50 years after the performance if it is not published.

Argument for the Proposal

The Impact of Copyright Extension for Sound Recordings in the UK (cited by the European Commision)[5] suggested that the extension to 95 years would increase revenue by £2.2 million to £34.9 million in present value terms over the next ten year. It also suggested that there would "prices of in-copyright and out-of-copyright sound recordings are not significantly different" so that consumers would not be impacted. [6]

Argument against the Proposal

The Gowers review of Intelectual Property stated that "is not clear that extension of term would benefit musicians and performers very much in practice."[7]

Never Forever: Why Extending the Term of Protection for Sound Recording is a Bad Idea, report commissioned by the European Commission concluded that the arguments for copyright extension were not convincing.[8]


References

  1. ^ EUROPA - Press Releases - Intellectual Property: Commission adopts forward-looking package
  2. ^ EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission welcomes Parliament vote on copyright term
  3. ^ Arstechnica Article
  4. ^ http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0116:EN:NOT Article 3.1
  5. ^ EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission Proposal on a Directive for Term Extension – Frequently Asked Questions (see , IP/08/1156)
  6. ^ http://www.ipo.gov.uk/report-termextension.pdf Price Waterhouse The Impact of Copyright Extension for Sound Recordings in the UK, (report commissioned by the BPI), 2006
  7. ^ Gowers Review of Intellectual Property [1] Andrew Gowers The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property pg 50 section 4.29
  8. ^ [2] Never Forever: Why Extending the Term of Protection for Sound Recording is a Bad Idea, Natali Helberger, Nicole Dufft, Stef Van Gompel, Bernt HegenHoltz, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam
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