40+ MEPs request review of copyright extension

A request to review the copyright term extension signed by 41 MEPs

I have just tabled a request signed by 41 Members of the European Parliament to review the Parliament’s previous decision to extend the copyright term for music recordings from 50 to 70 years. The MEPs who signed represented most of the different political groups in the Parliament.

It was the previous Parliament that decided it wanted such an extension in April 2009, but since we now have a new Parliament in place after the June 2009 EU elections, I and my co-signatories think it would make sense for the Parliament to take a new look at the issue, to see if this is really such a good idea.

You can read more about the issue and the arguments against term extension here, and more about the EU procedure in my earlier post A game plan against copyright extension.

Now we’ll see what happens. There are indications that the request may be opposed on various legalistic grounds depending on how you interpret the Rules of Procedure, but if that happens, we’ll see how to proceed.

Collecting the signatures was just the first hurdle in a rather long and complicated process, but at least we cleared that one.

The sun is shining in Brussels today, and I’m looking forward to the Easter holiday. 🙂

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Update: Names of the MEPs who signed

Andra som skriver (på svenska): Henrik Alexandersson,

Tags: piratpartiet, eu, politik, informationspolitik