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Today is effectively your last chance to submit to the UK Intellectual Property Office's request for comments on EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy's proposal to extend the term of copyright in sound recordings.

William Patry has decided to stop blogging. That is a real shame. His blog has, for the past four years, been one of my first ports of call when difficult copyright issues or cases come round. Where else can you get that depth of experience and analysis freely on tap but the Internet?

Well the EU has not been slow about following up on Charlie McCreevy's promise to extend the term of copyright in sound recordings. From Europa:

Well the EU has not been slow about following up on Charlie McCreevy's promise to extend the term of copyright in sound recordings. From Europa:

My friend and colleague, Mark Rogers, is amongst the signatories of a Letter to the President of the European Commission warning of the damage Charlie Mc

The judge in the Jammie Thomas trial has found a precedent which indicates he may have mistakenly directed the jury to conclude that Ms Thomas had infringed the copyright in the 24 songs she was found to have made available on Kazaa, merely by making those songs available.