[sudo-law] Fwd: [A2k] Sign-on Letter -- Against life + 70 year copyright term in the TPP

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> From: Manon Ress <manon.ress at keionline.org>
> Date: December 4, 2013 at 6:30:29 PM PST
> To: a2k discuss list <a2k at lists.keionline.org>
> Subject: [A2k] Sign-on Letter -- Against life + 70 year copyright term in the TPP
> 
> From: Krista L. Cox <krista.cox at keionline.org>
> Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:09 PM
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Here is a sign-on letter opposing a copyright term of life plus seventy
> years in the TPP.  This will be a political issue at the TPP Ministerial in
> Singapore which begins on December 7.  If you'd like to sign on, please
> send me an e-mail letting me know ASAP.
> 
> Best,
> Krista
> 
> http://keionline.org/nolifeplus70intpp
> 
> This is sign-on Letter -- Against life+ 70 year copyright term in the TPP.
> See end of letter for details on how to sign.
> 
> <-------------------begin letter-----------
> December 9, 2013
> 
> Dear TPP negotiators
> 
> In a December 7-10 meeting in Singapore you will be asked to endorse a
> binding obligation to grant copyright protection for 70 years after the
> death of an author. We urge you to reject the life+ 70 year term for
> copyright.
> 
> There is no benefit to society of extending copyright beyond the 50 years
> mandated by the WTO. While some TPP countries, like the USA, Mexico, Peru,
> Chile or Australia, already have life+ 70 (or longer) copyright terms,
> there is growing recognition that such terms were a mistake, and should be
> shortened, or modified by requiring formalities for the extended periods.
> 
> The primary harm from the life+ 70 copyright term is the loss of access to
> countless books, newspapers, pamphlets, photographs, films, sound
> recordings and other works that are “owned” but largely not commercialized,
> forgotten, and lost. The extended terms are also costly to consumers and
> performers, while benefiting persons and corporate owners that had nothing
> to do with the creation of the work.
> 
> Life+70 is a mistake, and it will be an embarrassment to enshrine this
> mistake into the largest regional trade agreement ever negotiated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> ---------end letter-------->
> 
> To sign, fill out this information and mailto:krista.cox at keionline.org
> Names __________________________
> Organization (if any): _______________________
> City, State and Country _______________________________________
> Email Address: _____________________________________
> Optional: Comments, if any on this issue (for an annex to the letter).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Krista L. Cox
> Staff Attorney
> Knowledge Ecology International
> www.keionline.org
> (202) 332-2670
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Manon Ress, Ph.D.
> Knowledge Ecology International, KEI
> manon.ress at keionline.org, tel.: +1 202 332 2670
> www.keionline.org
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