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Extending Pop Music Copyrights

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-of-course dept.

InklingBooks writes "According to TimesOnLine, the UK is considering doubling the copyright term for popular music to 100 years. That means the Beatles' "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me," scheduled to to go into the public domain in 2013, would earn royalties for record companies until 2063."

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  1. Re:What the? by Threni · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >These media cartels have stolen our public domain and culture

    No, they bought the rights to distribute it from the creators of the works. What you want is irrelevant. You're free to create your own work and not sell it, although apparantly some posters here are suggesting you have to pay some organisation to own the copyright to it. Bizarrely, this is considered more fair than you just owning it outright!

  2. Re:What The Fuck Is The Justification? by shitdrummer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If the large music labels want to make more money, perhaps they could start by cutting some costs. The Foo Fighters built a bloody recording studio to record their latest album!

    Couldn't they find a decent enough studio that was, oh, I don't know.... BUILT!!! There's a couple hundred grand savings right there.

    Shitdrummer.