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It's election season in the UK, and the Green Party's policy document has been coming under scrutiny recently. In it is a desire to reduce copyright term to 14 years (not life + 14 years, but 14 years from publication).
Unsurprisingly, this has received a bit of a backlash from various parties.
There's no chance the Green Party will form the next government, so this is all academic, but is this a sensible idea? Are people overreacting?
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UK Green Party Proposes 14-year Copyright Term - Artists are not Amused
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(Score: 2) by AndyTheAbsurd on Friday April 24 2015, @04:57PM
I just saw something on Facebook saying that Vin Diesel announced something about "Furious 8", so at least one more. (Also what the hell is up with the naming of those movies? I don't mind a little inconsistency but that series is getting ridiculous about it.) On the other hand, agreeing to be in another F&F movie is what got Vin Diesel the rights to the character of Riddick, so hopefully he'll use what he makes off the current and next F&F to make another one of those that *actually* resolves *something* in that universe.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 24 2015, @06:19PM
Vin Diesel made F&F 7 so we could make a deal on his pet project Hannibal The Conqueror. So we might see htc before the next Riddick.