The 14+14 Campaign

About the Campaign

Copyright terms have been continually extended since they were passed into English law by the Statute of Queen Anne. As these monopoly rights have grown, so the public domain has shrunk, greatly reducing our access to creative works, condemning vast quantities of our culture to obscurity and disappearance, and limiting the opportunities for future creators to build upon the works of the past. The 14+14 campaign has two simple goals:

• In the short term: to prevent any extension of copyright in Europe, in particular, the extension of performer copyright

• In the longer term: to restore a balance long lost by returning copyright to its original term as laid down in the Statute of 14 years with the option of a 14 year renewal.

Take action!

• Sign the 14+14 Petition and add your personal testimony.

• Write to your MP See WritingToYourMP for information on how to go about doing this. When you get a reply add the response to the FourteenLettersPage.

• More Ideas: For more ideas see FourteenActionPoints, where you can also add your own.

Learn More

Follow these links to read more about the copyright debate:

• Copyright section of the Open Knowledge trail.

• Wikipedia on the copyright law of the UK

• Wikipedia on the history of copyright

• The original text of the Statute of Queen Anne