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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:Why not? by dsginter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wacko Jacko is gonna need the extra money to prevent bankruptcy.

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  2. Re:I'm all for it (not a troll, please read). by Numtek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amazing, It is a returning troll, and you proved it!

  3. Re:I'm all for it (not a troll, please read). by StarWreck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You FUCKTARD! This was the 10th time this story has been posted.

    STOP POSTING THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

    You record industry piece of shit.

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  4. Re:I'm all for it (not a troll, please read). by StarWreck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, Beowulf Clusters run Linux on YOU!

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  5. Re:Can we just tax copyright already? by drsquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You do realise that this would only penalise small business and individuals, it wouldn't hurt the evil megacorporations who piss away $20,000 in cocaine a day. And of course, those evil megacorporations infringing our God-given rights to free mp3s are the real target in this, rather than any genuine concern for creativity or the public good.