The IPKat has learnt from a combination of Boing Boing and Slashdot that the EU appears to have ditched plans to extend the term of sound recordings, and also to require ISPs to filter content.
The website of the CULT committee (don't get too excited - CULT stands for Culture and Education, rather than anything more sinister) did not have the latest set of minutes, recording this decision.
Can any of the IPKat's readers offer any further information?
EU on term extention for sound recordings
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