[pdb-discuss] Getting Moving Again ...

Mon Mar 2 16:35:04 UTC 2009

2009/3/2 Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org>:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> It's been a bit quiet here over the last year. However, things have
>> been happening behind the scenes and I think now is a good time to get
>> things going a bit more in public.
>
> That's great.
>
> One thing I have been wondering is how the EU's proposed extension of
> sound recording copyrights will effect things. Has anyone looked into
> this?

Yes. As it currently stands the extension is retrospective (i.e. for
existing as well as new work) but does *not* apply to work already in
the public domain. So recordings that have already gone PD will remain
PD.

Rufus