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UK Copyright Under Fire Again

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-have-that-fifty-year-old-music-go-free dept.

stupid_is writes "Following on from the story on the Gower Report in the UK, a host of musicians (over 4,500 of them, including poor, starving stars such as U2, Paul McCartney and Peter Gabriel) have taken out a big ad in the FT to back the call for an extension to copyright in the UK. Allegedly, that's what the British public wants — although the survey seems to be asking a different, rather biased, question." From the article: "A spokesman for the Open Rights Group, which campaigns for greater digital rights, said: 'The big music firms have done a good job of persuading some artists to sign up to this but anyone who reads the Gowers review will see it demolishes the arguments for extension. An awful lot of content creators are not represented by this and recognise an extension will do nothing for creativity and nothing for the public.'"

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  1. An ad to tell the public what they want by dysk · · Score: 4, Funny
    a host of musicians (over 4,500 of them, including poor, starving stars such as U2, Paul McCartney and Peter Gabriel) have taken out a big ad in the FT to back the call for an extension to copyright in the UK. Allegedly, that's what the British public wants
    I guess the starving musicians have to spend big money take out an ad to tell the public what they already want.
  2. I just want to know by QuijiboIsAWord · · Score: 1, Funny

    If U2 agreed to do this endorsement pro Bono...

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  3. Re:It's logical they would feel this way. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >[...] It pleases the crows [...]

    I used to play for crows too, but they kept requesting this one song "Caw" that I could never find :-(

  4. Re:It's logical they would feel this way. by BeerCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you look at the irony of Paul's statements considering that first album, it really makes me wonder how much money he'll need before he's a happy man.

    Since he is about to have half of it taken away as a divorce settlement, then the answer is probably "about twice as much as he has now"
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  5. Q.E.D. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The quality of work has probably increased as a result of copyright?

    Absolutely! Look no further than music for examples. Today we get the meisterworks of the all-time greats like Scoop Doggie-Droppings, Brainy Airbags and DJ Scratchy Records. Before copyright people had to suffer through the bilious outpourings of no-talent fly-by-night hacks like JS Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and WA Mozart.