Japanese Arts Groups Call For Copyright Term Extension
From the Daily Yomiuri Online:
Fourteen arts and cultural organizations have agreed that the protection period for copyrighted works of literature, music, arts and photographs should be extended to 70 years from the current 50 years after the creators' deaths, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Saturday.The organizations plan to submit a joint statement about the issue to the Cultural Affairs Agency by the end of September.