More Trouble for the RIAA The New York Times has an article on the problems faced by the recording industry as European copyrights on recordings from the 1950's begin to expire. Which raises the question: If the major selling-point for the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act was to "harmonize" U.S. Copyright law with copyright terms around the world, and more specifically the EU, how did we end up with protection that is greater than the copyright protection afforded by European countries? Added later Larry Lessig's take on the article can be found here.