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Avoid choppy waters by extending copyright term.(Viewpoint)
In December it will be 50 years since Bill Haley first hit the UK charts with Shake Rattle and Roll.
In the EU, sound recording copyrights expire 50 years after the end of the year in which a record was first released. There are murmurings about lobbying for an extension of the copyright but, to date, nothing has been done.
With 2006 marking the 50th anniversary of Elvis' first showing in the UK charts and with The Beatles' records starting to fall out of copyright at the end of 2012, the issue is becoming more urgent.
Some argue that enhancing the original recordings with technical improvements creates a new copy right--there are those that beg to differ. The question may be one of degree rather than principle. With legal downloads making a belated showing to stem the tide of consumer indifference, the record industry needs this problem like another digital hole in its head. To prevent the destruction of the integrity of the original recordings, the entry into the public domain of late 20th century popular music will continue to shift further to the publishing ...
- Mapping the digital public domain: threats and opportunities. (Conference on...
- Law and Contemporary Problems Samuelson, Pamela January 1, 2003 700+ words
INTRODUCTION Whether the public domain is a virtual wasteland of undeserving...propertizing value residing in the public domain will produce more social benefit...itself as the main threat to the public domain. (3) At the risk of seeming...
- 'Copyfraud' and public domain works.(THE SIDEBAR)
- Magazine article from: Searcher Ebbinghouse, Carol January 1, 2008 700+ words
...dates? Can someone legitimately move public domain text into copyright? What about when...nonpublic domain titles mixed in with public domain items, but the archive seems to put...on-demand hard copy of one of its public domain titles. But, hey, you wonder...
- Importance of the Public Domain.
- Magazine article from: Information Outlook July 1, 2001 700+ words
What is the public domain and why is it important in copyright...understanding of the value of the public domain is important for librarians, especially...A shorthand definition of a "public domain" work is that the work is the opposite...
- Preserving the public domain.(copyright corner)
- Magazine article from: Information Outlook Gasaway, Laura September 1, 2003 700+ words
...this column has discussed the public domain and the important role it plays...significant potential to enhance the public domain. In fact, they are aimed at...the amount of material in the public domain in the face of the changes wrought...
- Copyright term and the public domain in the United States: 7 July...
- Magazine article from: Information Outlook November 1, 2004 700+ words
...republication with a copyright notice the public domain in its home country as of January 1996 1923 through 1977 In the public domain in its home country as of 1 January...copyright notice, and not in the public domain its home country as of 1 January...
- De-mystifying a complex mess.(PUBLIC DOMAIN)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Video Age International Moore, Tom April 1, 2005 700+ words
The DVD market for Public Domain (PD) movies and TV series has seen an increase...always been confusion about what constitutes Public Domain and whether a film that is in the Public Domain in the U.S. is also in the Public Domain...
- Reimagining the public domain. (Conference on the Public Domain)
- Law and Contemporary Problems Lange, David M. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...School's Conference on the Public Domain, James Boyle kindly credits...essay of mine, Recognizing the Public Domain, (1) with having contributed...of individual rights in the public domain.... Each [intellectual...
- Copyright and the Public Domain Report Brings much Needed Clarity to the...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 13, 2009 700+ words
...Research and Markets: Copyright and the Public Domain Report Brings much Needed Clarity to...the addition of the "Copyright and the Public Domain" report to their offering. The public domain - the body of creative works not entitled...
