"Europe has always prided itself on being a champion of culture, yet the EU is lagging behind many other parts of the world when it comes to protecting its recordings. European artists, performers and producers are provided with a 50 year period of protection for their work to enable them to benefit from the recordings they have made. This is a much lower level of protection than many other countries around the world which provide for between 60 and 95 years' protection. At a time when the creative sector based on intellectual property generates an increasing percentage of GDP in the European Union, this lower level of protection compared to other international markets puts Europe at a competitive disadvantage."
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