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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Vigorously oppose the proposal by European Commissioner McCreevy to extend the term of copyright for sound recordings. More details
Submitted by Dr Andrew A. Adams – Deadline to sign up by: 18 February 2009 – Signatures: 143
More details from petition creator
European Commissioner McCreevy proposes that European legislation should be enacted to extend the term of copyright in sound recordings from its present 50 year term to 95 years. He claims this is to achieve parity between composers and performers.
We call upon the Prime Minster to vigorously oppose such a move on the following grounds.
The Gower's Review clearly and definitively made the case that extension to the copyright term for sound recordings is not justified on economic or moral grounds.
Given the clarity and strength of the arguments in the Gower's Review, the Prime Minister should show a lead in opposing the special interest lobby of recording companies who are pushing for this extension in Europe, having failed to convince the UK government of their case.
Current signatories
Dr Andrew A. Adams, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Jonathan Roberts
- Patrick Jones
- Dominic Jackson
- Jon Grant Esq
- Graeme Sutherland
- Jonathan Hogg
- Ian Brown
- Mike Little
- David Gerard
- Harry Metcalfe
- Andrew Wilson
- Rob Myers
- Philip Hunt
- Richard Clayton
- Christopher Mear
- James Lowey
- Neil Dunbar
- Lucy Bridges
- Dick King
- S King
- Adam Sampson
- Ben Charlton
- Becky Hogge
- Ruth Austin
- Owen Blacker
- DH Harvey
- Dave Johnson
- James
- Bob rayner
- Ben Parish
- Simon Gibbs
- Nat Queen
- Alex Young
- Richard King
- Thomas Hughes
- Dan Wolfe
- R Fawkes
- Jeff
- Geoffrey Clare
- Alex Macfie
- Jason Boissiere
- Matthew Hardy
- Robert Whittaker
- Richard Kay
- Richard Gadsden
- Terence Simpson
- Joe Benn
- Joachim Schimpf
- Andrew Tomlin
- George M Black
- Joel Moss
- D. Bridge
- Martin Guy
- Andrew Main
- Mike Perrow
- robert hegarty
- Andrew Partington
- Paul Durrant
- Barry Youngs
- Chris Phillips
- Guy Johnston
- Paul Harman
- Richard Leach
- Richard Carling
- Alan Jenkins
- Vic Davies
- Michael Gordon
- John Annan
- David Cantrell
- Philip Cronin
- Mark Hewett
- Ian Barnes
- Jonathan Rothwell
- Alasdair Hepburn
- Lee Wrigley
- Bernard Doherty
- Tom McIntosh
- Tom Lawton
- Ron Heywood
- Ben Clark
- David Chisnall
- Stephen Crocker
- Tom Lofts
- Robert John Appleyard
- john Owen-jones
- Michael Mulqueen
- Charles Freckleton
- Alistair Stewart
- Robert Seddon
- Leslie Hoare
- andy broomfield
- Daniel F Taylor
- Nicholas Macdonald
- Terence Eden
- Vijay Chopra
- Liam McDermott
- Steven Hoel
- Juan canham
- Liam Edgeley
- Chris Harris
- Scott Berry
- PL Hayes
- James Riden
- Mark Hackett
- Christopher Pritchard
- Chris Oattes
- Richard Clifford-Smith
- Randal Pitt
- Egor Kraev
- Illtud Daniel
- Jose Martinez
- Ross Fenning
- Dr Murray Booth
- Robert Phillips
- Paul James
- Paul Bates
- Adam Szmigin
- Anthony Beardsmore
- David Jefferson
- James Rollison
- Adrian O'Connor
- ben havell
- Tim Vaughan
- Simon Clarke
- Alex Harper
- Andy Arbon
- Sam Thursfield
- Michael Trim
- Matthew Quelch
- A TAylor
- Marko Zerdin
- Peter Grant
- Sam Annand
- Robbie Dyer
- Patrick Millwood
- Adam Casey
- David Hughes
- Mat
- Mike Ashman
- Roger O'Donnell
- L Muirhead
- Peter Burkimsher
