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Consumers vs. IP Owners: The Future of Copyright

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-buy-the-white-album-again dept.

conJunk writes "The BBC has a thoughtful article about new challenges in copyright. The problem: The rights to the audio recordings of the Beatles first album will expire in 2013. While consumers stand to benefit from competing releases of the materials, the copyright owners are of course terrified. And the artists? This one doesn't even seem to affect them."

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  1. They think no one will like the Beatles by LiftOp · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...in 95 years. Or, perhaps, the very selfish assume they will be dead and no longer receiving royalties.

    Just wait. The Bottled Head of Paul McCartney's gonna be pissed!

  2. Don't even need the US congress! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's highly likely that copyright in the USA will be extended again by then. History tells me that much.

    You don't even need the US congress! I got an email just today:

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  3. Legitimate points by blibbler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know that there will be a lot of anti-recording industry comments on here, but it is clear that their main interest in extending the copyright period is to protect us from low quality Beatles compilations. Consider the irreversable damage that could be caused to children if their first experience of the Beatles has the songs in a less than ideal order.
    Please think of the children.

  4. Yestarday by Gromius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yestarday, all my copyrights expired so far away
    Now* it looks as though they're here to stay
    Oh, I belive in royalty pay


    *thanks to Evil Mega Corp (c) lobbying agency