Professor Lionel Bently gave evidence at the European Parliament

Professor Bently gave evidence at the European Parliament's Public Hearing on Term of Protection of Copyright and Related Rights when he addressed the Legal Affairs Committee, on Tuesday, 4 November 2008.

The other speakers were Mrs Mercedes Echerer (European Greens), Mr Xavier Blanc (Secretary General, AEOPO-ARTIS, a performers organisation), Mr John Kennedy, (Chairman and CEO of IFPI, the organisation of record companies), Ms Willemien Bax (Deputy Director, BEUC, an organisation representing European consumers), and Mr Tilman Lueder (European Commission, Internal Market). The text of Professor Bently's address can be found here.