[drn-discuss] [Fwd: [fc-uk-discuss] 14+14 copyright petition: sign up and add your testimony]

Wed Sep 21 10:20:02 CDT 2005

Rufus
Have you or others posted to James Purnell's creative industries
discussion forum? There is a discussion on intellectual property with 5
posts ( that you can't read). I just wondered whether anyone who said
anything negative about IP got a reply?!

Thanks
Michelle

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [fc-uk-discuss] 14+14 copyright petition: sign up and add your
> testimony
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:15:54 +0100
> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> To: UK FreeCulture Discuss List <fc-uk-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
>
> I would like to encourage everyone who wants to and hasn't already to
> *sign up to the petition* regarding copyright extensions and a return to
> a 14+14 year copyright term via:
>
> http://14plus14.freeculture.org.uk/entry/new
>
> If you have the time you can also add your personal testimony -- it
> really adds to the impact even if it is only a sentence or two.
>
> (see http://14plus14.freeculture.org.uk/ for existing submissions)
>
> Given that it seems Mr Purnell, the Minister for Creative Industries, is
> currently pushing hard for term extensions this is definitely the time
> to make your voice heard. Please note the petition and testimony system
> allow you to sign up to the a more limited statement against copyright
> extension rather than the full one about a 14+14 term should you so wish.
>
> Please feel free to redistribute this message to any mailing lists you
> think might be interested.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus Pollock
>
> About the 14+14 Campaign
> ========================
>
> Copyright terms have been continually extended since they were passed
> into English law by the Statute of Queen Anne. As these monopoly rights
> have grown, so the public domain has shrunk, greatly reducing our access
> to creative works, condemning vast quantities of our culture to
> obscurity and disappearance, and limiting the opportunities for future
> creators to build upon the works of the past. The 14+14 campaign has a
> simple goal: to restore a balance long lost by returning copyright to
> its original term as laid down in the Statute of 14 years with the
> option of a 14 year renewal.
>
> Home Page: http://www.freeculture.org.uk/campaigns/14plus14/
> Petition and Testimony: http://14plus14.freeculture.org.uk/
> Sign up: http://14plus14.freeculture.org.uk/entry/new
>
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