Thread: European Green Party policy on copyright
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Old 10-08-2011, 05:39 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
If they become PD, then there would be no need for sales, so there would be no cutting out of the loop. And how much income do authors get each year from a 20 year old book?
Copyright covers a lot more than just books. Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell album, for instanace, first released in the late 70s, still outsells more new albums released today.
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