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Reject the Term Extension Directive
The European Parliament is being asked to nearly double the term of
copyright afforded to sound recordings. Industry lobbyists suggest that
extending copyright term will help increase the welfare of performers and
session musicians. But the Term Extension Directive, which will be voted on
by the Legal Affairs Committee in a few weeks' time, will do no such thing.
Instead it will hand millions of euros over to the world's four major record
labels, money that will come directly from the pockets of European
consumers.The majority (80%) of recording artists will receive between
0.50 - 26 euro per year.
http://www.edri.org/reject-term-extention-directive
EU proposal puts confidential communications data at risk
Civil liberties groups La Quadrature du Net, European Digital Rights (EDRi),
AK Vorrat, and Netzpolitik.org are urging the European Parliament to heed
advice given by the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and
scrap plans dubbed "voluntary data retention".
http://www.edri.org/campaigns/no-voluntary-data-retention