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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 April 2007 OPEN RIGHTS GROUP WELCOMES EMI MOVE TO DITCH LOCKED-UP MUSIC The Open Rights Group, a grassroots membership organisation that campaigns for Internet users’ rights, has today applauded EMI’s move to sell unencumbered digital music compatible with all MP3 players.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 December 2006 BECKY HOGGE TO BE NEW ORG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Open Rights Group is delighted to announce that Becky Hogge is going to be taking over from Suw Charman as ORG’s new full-time Executive Director on 15 January 2007.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 December 2006 OPEN RIGHTS GROUP WELCOMES GOWERS REVIEW * Evidence-based approach essential * Keeping the copyright term for sound recordings at 50 years is the right decision; Government must hold firm in face of music industry lobbying to ignore the report * Moves to tackle commercial-scale counterfeiting are welcome; but we must distinguish between counterfeiting and individual copying * Calls for “transformative works” exemption will be valuable if law drafted well * Delighted to see libraries supported in their essential cultural preservation role The Open Rights Group is delighted to see Andrew Gowers taking an evidence-based approach to Review of Intellectual Property, and welcomes many of the recommendations he makes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 December 2006 RIGOROUS ANALYSIS OF GOWERS REVIEW ESSENTIAL The Open Rights Group eagerly anticipates tomorrow’s publication of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

For Immediate Release A leak from the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property has indicated that the government will reject calls from the music industry to lengthen the term of copyright protection given to sound recordings.

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Update (4 July 2008): Please note that this Press Release is 2 years old and relates to a proposal which is now, thankfully, off the table.