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

Thu Sep 22 10:47:59 CDT 2005

Thanks Tom.  I have chucked in my tuppence worth on the forum. If they
really wanted to they could of course do innovative things like citizens
jurys , but I agree its unlikley. I guess the most we can hope for is to
throw back their mantra about evidenced based policy making and direct
them to evidence they should take into account. However as Purnell says
the real fight is in Europe, where several people on this list have shown
you can win some things some of the time ;-)

Michelle
> Ahoy,
>
> Not that I can see. One person replied suggesting that there was
> sufficiently
> wide and representative participation already. A response from you
> contesting
> that might be worth the five minutes it would take to compose ;)
>
> I can't see how it could ever really represent the interests of the whole
> of
> society unless they spend a lot of time, effort and money on bringing in
> everyone from school art teachers and community arts clubs to random
> shoppers
> in HMV, TV executives and music industry bods. So instead they get the
> industry types together to knock heads and pretend their agenda is
> democratic.
>
> Ho hum.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> On Wednesday 21 Sep 2005 16:30, Michelle Childs wrote:
>> 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