Glyn sez,
The EU Commission will be meeting shortly (possibly as soon as Wednesday) and formally accepting DG Internal Market's proposal to extend the term of Copyright in sound recordings. Once accepted the legislative initiative will proceed through the Council of Ministers and EU parliament. As you would expect the Open Rights Group and EFF are hard at work lobbying against this and they would like your help. Please follow the link and sign the petition.
The EU is doing this despite their own findings, the findings of the UK government's independent analysis and advice of Europe's leading intellectual research centres.
(Thanks, Glyn!)
