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

Wed Sep 21 10:30:11 CDT 2005

There was a problem with my permissions which is now sorted so I can read
the posts!  I saw that Tom Chance asked for more particpation by other
groups into DCMS thinking does anyone know if this happened?
Michelle
> 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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Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs
Consumer Project on Technology in London
24, Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX,UK.
Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252.
Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607
http://www.cptech.org

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Tel.:  1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176

Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva
1 Route des  Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 6727