real discrimination

Een bericht over de lobby van de muziekindustrie voor langere bescherming in Europa. "European recording companies are pushing to extend terms of copyright to nearly 100 years to be more in line with U.S. law. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or IFPI, which represents European music labels, is calling on the European Commission to bring the issue to EU countries, which will consider the matter sometime next year, according to IFPI spokeswoman Francine Cunningham. "From a cultural point of view, we find it strange that European artists are protected more in the U.S. than they are back home," she said. "We feel there is real discrimination here." lees meer in Wired.