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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14882146
50 years is more than enough if you ask me, they should have shortened it to 25 years.
Don't think i have seen it posted else where on here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14882146
50 years is more than enough if you ask me, they should have shortened it to 25 years.
What the hell? That's just great, now the EU is bending over for the copyright lobby.
Originally Posted by Agent
And the problem is...?
Some people want to give things to the community, others want to make money, while the GPL does neither.
Make it so everyone is happy.
A friend of mine explains how copyright works in the US, basically, every time Mickey Mouse is about to expire, the rules are changed to keep him in copyright.
Are we going to see in the EU, with music, every time the Beatles are about to expire......
throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)
The problem is the massive corruption which follows it.
Eh? The GPL is a copyleft license, I fail to see what it has to do with the copyright lobby. And you might want to read a little about some of the GPL software out there before saying something like it not giving to the community or making money.
Impossible. The copyright lobby wants everyone's money for no work for 75 years.
The only thing remotely good for performers here is having the right to renegotiate their copyright transfer with the record label so record sales might actually make them some money.
You cant compare a huge global brand with a successful boy band from the 60s.
The Beatles will be long forgotten in 50 years time.
They're covered by the same law, so you can.
Got that from your crystal ball, Mystic Meg? For all we know, the Beatles will be rolled into the classics in 50 years time.
Oddly, some beetles stuff was due to expire.....oh next year.
I'm shocked, shocked at this. In no way did I see it coming.
Actually, is there any limitation on liability on stuff that WAS in the public domain, but now is not as a result?
Be a bit crap if you suddenly found your work was 'illegal' because of this extension.
I would argue that there is. Expired copyright is expired. A government can't move the legal goalposts. That'd be like parliament passing a law banning X, and prosecuting Y for committing X before the ban was enacted. Any Judge with two brain cells to rub together would smack it down faster than the prosecutor could flap his lips.
This last point is still up in the air from what I've heard roachcoach. The thinking is that items currently out of copyright will remain that way and the question is whether the new rules will apply to all works currently under copyright, or just to new works after thsi has been put into law. Each member state of the EU has to put this into law in their own way, not something that will happen over night and something that will probably vary from state to state.
How much public domain music do people listen to apart from at, say, Christmas or birthdays? Perhaps I've been conditioned for long enough that paying for a performance or broadcast isn't an issue for me. It doesn't really matter to me whether royalties go to the original artist/trust/foundation/etc.
cliff richard actually
Well we'd probably listen to a bit more if there wasn't a 70 year copyright on it.
Of course, I've completely overlooked the matter of artists performing works originating from others. Teach me to post when tired
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