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Originally Posted by avantman42
Currently in the UK, copyright in sound recordings lasts for 50 years. There is an EU directive that must be implemented into UK law by 1 November 2013 that will extend the term to 70 years.
Various artists fought hard to get the term extended (which was originally going to be 95 years, not 70). It amuses me that Roger Daltry, the man who sang " hope I die before I get old" in one of his songs, fought for the extension, complaining that without it, he wouldn't have a pension  |
Aww poor, poor Roger Daltrey :-( He should have invested some of his income for retirement like us poor working slobs have to do. Or he could go on yet another reunion tour. I don't get paid for work I did 50 years ago, c'mon man seriously. Some people are so out of touch. Reminds me of pro basketball player Latrell Sprewell several years ago, who was widely ridiculed for complaining he couldn't "feed my family" on his current contract (which was like $14 million per year as I recall). Cry me a river.
But I'm sure the copyright will be extended yet again. I'm no fan of piracy, as I've said before artists and those who work with them should be paid and my concern form a consumer's viewpoint would be that rampant piracy would lead to less choice of entertainment content (but that has in no way happened as far as I can tell).
However, this excessive copyright terms nonsense is the one aspect of the debate that makes me waver, for older stuff. I guess I wouldn't feel too badly about the piracy of Beatles or The Who albums, William Faulkner novels, or old Disney movies at this point.