Anthony Tommasini has a piece in the NYT (registration required) this morning on The conflicts between US and European Copyright law.

In essence, European protections are for 50 years, US protections are for 95 (there's more subtlety there, of course), and the European protections are expiring. So the (largely institutional) holders of rights are scrambling for both creative (partnering with former European foes) and legal (importation of items protected in the US is illegal, for example; encouraging the Europeans to adopt more US oriented laws).

A decent read for those interested in such things.

Posted by esinclai at January 03, 2003 07:01 AM |