The copyright term discussed in FTA is for performances/recordings, was 50 years, period, and will now be 70 years, period, death of performer has nothing to do with it. Copyright for songwriter/composer was, and still is life+70, and hasn't changed.
In general, this benefits the average performer by a few euros a year, but cumulatively adds up to a much larger amount to the companies with large copyright holdings.
Feel free to mod the parent down, postings that are flat out wrong because the poster clearly did not RTFA shouldn't be Insightful/5.
If the US ever ratifies this, George Foreman will be in big trouble:
The Convention acknowledges that every child has certain basic rights, including the right to life, his or her own name and identity, to be raised by his or her parents within a family or cultural grouping and have a relationship with both parents, even if they are separated.
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison
