[Foundation-l] English Wikipedia considering declaring open-season on works from countries lacking US copyright relations

[Bod Notbod]

Just thought I'd add this as an addendum to discussion of copyright in
foreign parts.

In Belgium a rights lobby [1] wants to charge libraries when they read
books to children [2].

I guess they see it as akin to playing music in a public place, which
here in the UK is charged by the Performing Rights Society [3].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABAM
[2] http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/03/13/belgian-rightsholders-group-wants-to-charge-libraries-for-reading-books-to-kids/
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_Right_Society

Bodnotbod