Copyright extension is welcome, but it doesn't go far enough

Extending musicians' copyright term from 50 to 70 years is a step in the right direction. But none of it will matter until the European parliament gets serious about copyright enforcementNo one can accuse the European parliament of moving too fast. Three years ago I wrote about the European commission's attempts to bring the copyright term of sound recordings in line with the US – where the duration of copyright is 95 years from first publication – and with songwriters' copyright term. In 20...

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