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EU gets another step closer to 95 year copyrights
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article published on 13 February, 2009
The European Parliament's Committee On Legal Affairs is proposing that copyright term for sound recordings be extended to 95 years. It would nearly double the current 50 year limit, although some countries are already considering an extension beyond that point.
On the surface this is quite similar to the Copyright Term Extension Act passed into US law in the late 1990s. But a closer look ... [ read the full article ]
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beanos66
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13. February 2009 @ 12:50 |
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imo the decline of cd sales is totally due to the rise in the number of music video tv stations and the rise in the number of radio stations(DAB) with their themed channels
the extension of copyright to long after the original artist has died is only for the benefit of the labels, and they will throw a percentage of their annual income to buy as many politicians as they can
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13. February 2009 @ 13:40 |
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95 years is just freaking ridiculous no matter how you look at it. Even the current 50 years is a bit much, I would even venture to say anything longer than 10-20 years is too long.
If they are trying to blame this on P2P that is totally pointless as P2Pers don't care (well, most of them) about copyrights anyway and having a 95 year copyright isn't going to change anything.
Another thing that is totally insane, 95 years is longer than the average human lifespan. If done late enough in life this could even possibly have a copyright secured for two generations, without renewal.
Looking at simple facts like that should be reason enough to prevent this from being passed but between lobbying and rushes to get laws passed things like this piece of work get passed with little or no second looks.
Peace
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beanos66
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13. February 2009 @ 16:47 |
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Originally posted by beanos66:
imo the decline of cd sales is totally due to the rise in the number of music video tv stations and the rise in the number of radio stations(DAB) with their themed channels. oh yes and the rise in home video gaming
the extension of copyright to long after the original artist has died is only for the benefit of the labels, and they will throw a percentage of their annual income to buy as many politicians as they can
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domie
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13. February 2009 @ 16:50 |
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95 years ? Cliff Richard can breathe easily then and hoist up his kangas and continue cruisng the pensioner gay bars in his zimmer frame safe in the knowledge that his crappy christmas hits' royalities can keep him going till he reaches 150 next year - senile old fart.
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13. February 2009 @ 17:08 |
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I'll all for infinite CP if the solely focus on for profit distribution for their ire and not try to make everyone who distributes into their butt paste to cure that bottom line itch.
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tripplite
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13. February 2009 @ 19:57 |
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only good thing about the EU is that it might act as a Russian deterrent! argh kep'm reds back! lol but yes this 135 year thing is really insane, it doesn't help artists or the industry, it just guarantees and protect the fat cats cazh flooow!
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scorpNZ
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14. February 2009 @ 00:33 |
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Well don't know bout you lot but it seems pretty damning of the record labels,as it appears they admit that the artists who supposedly are suffering at the hands of piracy,are in fact not getting any money regardless until a certain debt which to me seems like a loan that's never paid off (i can't think where i've heard this before,you know what it i'm think'n of),so in light of this article it appears to me that the pirates..lol.. & recording studio's are one & the same & are nothing more than parasitic organisms sucking the life blood out of every single band or human artist,just like the Goa'uld
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14. February 2009 @ 23:48 |
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Originally posted by scorpNZ:
Well don't know bout you lot but it seems pretty damning of the record labels,as it appears they admit that the artists who supposedly are suffering at the hands of piracy,are in fact not getting any money regardless until a certain debt which to me seems like a loan that's never paid off (i can't think where i've heard this before,you know what it i'm think'n of),so in light of this article it appears to me that the pirates..lol.. & recording studio's are one & the same & are nothing more than parasitic organisms sucking the life blood out of every single band or human artist,just like the Goa'uld
don't you mean the Wraith, the Goa'uld are parasitic life forms. learn your Stargate dude.
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scorpNZ
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15. February 2009 @ 01:12 |
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Nah i'm not referring to wraith at all,once parasite is finished with host the host dies while parasite moves to next host,so tongue in cheek it sucked the life outta ya,did i just hear a penny drop
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