EU Officially Seizes The Public Domain, Retroactively Extends Copyright

[jim49er]

As was unfortunately expected, despite no evidence that this made any economic sense at all, the member states of the EU have agreed to retroactively extend copyright another 20 years, at which point you can expect it to be extended again (thanks to jtdeboe for sending this over). This is nothing short of governments and the entertainment industry seizing works from the public domain. As we've said before, the purpose of copyright law is to incent the creation of new works. If existing copyright law was enough to incentivize the creation at the time, then there's simply no reason to retroactively extend the law.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110908/15491315851/eu-officially-seizes-public-domain-retroactively-extends-copyright.shtml

[FSP-Rebel]

No disrespect but wrong sub-forum for this topic.

[The Free Hornet]

Good point rebel!

It is important to set a higher standard after the pro-IP agenda was pushed in grassroots with impunity while mislabeling their opposition and the issue of infringement (it is not "stealing") and calling for gun violence to shoot advocates of IP reform.

PS: +1 rep for jim49er

[sailingaway]

bump in new forum

[eduardo89]

So the Free State of Bavaria will be keeping their ownership to Mein Kampf for another 20 years?

[jim49er]

This sucks. I feel like Rick Perry is holding my wrist and telling me I'm a bad boy lol

What forum should this be in?

Please change it mods

[eduardo89]

This sucks. I feel like Rick Perry is holding my wrist and telling me I'm a bad boy lol

What forum should this be in?

Please change it modsI think it's fine in General Politics