'That's All Right' Soon To Enter UK Public Domain

jwlidtnet writes "Reuters is reporting that Elvis's "That's All Right"--currently an unlikely hit in Great Britain--is soon to enter the public domain in that country, followed by other milestones of popular music as Britain's fifty-year protection period comes to an end. Naturally, rights owners are outraged, regarding it as a "wakeup call" for Britain to adopt something similar to the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, to end this "discrepancy between the United States and the EU." Copyright law uniformity has of course been a sore issue in recent years, with the exportation of "DMCA-alike" legislation raising the ire of many. Uniformity on an issue this divisive might be difficult to achieve politically."

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Re:What I find really scary...

[bogado]

Copyrights are actually the one form of property that you can reasonably claim: "Nobody would ever have this if I didn't create it." It's a very pure creation that doesn't depend on any prior property of any kind. So, it might actually be reasonable to give infinite ownership to the creator.

Well I don't agree with jadavis, I know that is not how mine society and culture thinks and I am quite sure it isn't how your society thinks. But I don't think that this should be truen even for real wealth.

Let me explain, in my point of vies, many of western societies were based in european monarchy. In those times wealth, lands and more importantly titles, were passed from father to sun. This would ensure that the aristrocracy would stay powerful and dominant.

In the modern days we don't have a "aristocracy" or do we? The wealthiest and richer do have a head start. They simply get all theyr money from their parents and can keep living the good life most people can only dream about.

Is it fair? The answer I think most people will give are "sure" and "of course". But I don't think so. I am not a religious man myself, but I do think that all men should be created equal. To an extend this is not possible, because a rich father can donate money to their heir when he is still alive. But when he dies why should the son suddenly become rich? Why shouldn't this money be redistribuited to the hole society?

Sure this would be dificult, but just imagine if all this money from all the people who die, would pay for medical ensuring living people. Pay for education and unemplyment ensuranses. And even more importantly paying for retirment, to give a dignity to the people who alredy contributed to the society.

Well I know it is an utopia. People who have the power don't want to share it, not even when they are already dead.