Attention to the EFF & ORG Sound Copyright petition!

This is an effort to petition against the extension of copyright in the European Union. Extending copyright from 50 to 95 years will not lead to anything positive and will only harm artists and culture. Sign the petition here.

More info:

EFF – EU Copyright Extension: Help MEPs Hear the Other Side
ORG – Consumers, citizens and information professionals around the world unite to condemn copyright extension
Ars Technica – EU pays for, then ignores study on copyright extension
TheRegister – EU commissioner backs record biz on copyright extensions
The Guardian (Cory Doctorow) – Love music? Hate exploitation? Now’s the time to make your voice heard

How copyright extension in sound recordings actually works:

Want more? Do a search on Google. They link to stuff

“The immunity law puts the fox in charge of the hen house, letting the Attorney General decide whether or not telecoms like AT&T can be sued for participating in the government’s illegal warrantless surveillance,” said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. “In our constitutional system, it is the judiciary’s role as a co-equal branch of government to determine the scope of the surveillance and rule on whether it is legal, not the executive’s. The Attorney General should not be allowed to unconstitutionally play judge and jury in these cases, which affect the privacy of millions of Americans.”

Read the whole article here!

EFF rules (!) and is one of the sharpest swords against the non-democratic laws being set all over the world. I do not live in the US, but I surely hope that they’ll win this one. If so, maybe they will regain some of their lost freedom.

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