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UK Green Party Proposes 14-year Copyright Term - Artists are not Amused

posted by LaminatorX on Friday April 24 2015, @02:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the useful-progress dept.

xorsyst writes:

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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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by martyb on Saturday April 25 2015, @03:14AM

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 25 2015, @03:14AM (#174942) Journal

    Thank you so very much for that link! I found the story itself to be quite thought-provoking and am downloading the MP3 even as I right this. I concur with your assessment that this should be mandatory reading prior to any vote being taken on altering copyright.

    This one comment has made worthwhile many a late night (and way too early morning) I've invested in supporting this site!

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