EU Proposes Retroactive Copyright Extension

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has unveiled a plan to retroactively extend musical copyrights by 45 years, which would make EU musical copyrights last 95 years total. Why? They're worried that musicians won't continue to collect royalties when they retire and this will give them an additional 45 years during which they won't have to produce any new music. Perhaps the only good point is that the retroactive extensions won't take effect for any works which aren't marketed in the first year after the extension. Additionally, while there are many non-musical retirees wishing they could get paid for 95 years after they finish working, McCreevy has not announced any new plans to help them."

Comments

Re:Who really gets paid?

[PakProtector]

I suggest you go seek psychiatric help, as you are clearly in a complete state of dissociation from reality.

Re:Who really gets paid?

[4D6963]

And what's your justification for believing you're entitled to royalties? Simply because they were your parents? Sorry, copyright doesn't work like that.

Justification here. And yes, copyright does work like that, which is why I'm currently living off a $3,000 royalty check I got last month. You just *wish* it didn't work like that.

Because society is the true owner of those works

Fucking communists. Yeah it's convenient for you to go by these principles, you never created shit worthy of a copyright, all you want to do is get the art works of your interest for free and get away with it, and in the meantime you forged a philosophy to give yourself good conscience that brings your greed down (or should I say up) to the 'noble cause' of "sticking it up to the man". If you had ever created anything and heard some fucker claimed that society inherently owns what you've created you'd feel like putting your foot up their arse. Fortunately in the real world, irrelevant arseholes like you aren't the ones in charge or even have their say (well you do but the only ones to listen are other irrelevant arseholes of your very kind).

Fortunately, I get my check, and all you get is an erection of my middle fingers. The world is well done.

Re:Who really gets paid?

[4D6963]

How dare you compare doing engineering for a car manufacturer with creating works of art sold as such? So what, you got hired by General Motors to make fucking speedometers? So yeah you signed a contract that meant you would engineer all that stuff for your employer for a fixed wage, and nothing else. My parents signed a contract that said they'd get a percentage on book sales for up until 70 years after the death of the author (something like that) which of course is transmitted to the heirs. You don't like it, so what, who cares, it's in the fucking contract.

And yeah it was safe to assume that you never created shit worthy of a copyright and I fail to see where you prove it wrong. And who cares about anyone's panties, I get money over not doing anything, you don't and you whine about it. 'Nuff said.