Re: UK music copyright to be extended to 100 years

Hibbs, Phil said:
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1641428,00.html

It looks like they have made thier mind up. Any ideas what we can do about
it?
Press release? Visit to parliament?

Here's a draft. It needs improvment as i think its a bit to argumentantive.
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      Society benfits from the public domain.

The copyright deal has always been that society protects a work (such as a
piece of music) from "pirates" and in return, society gets to make use of
it after a certain period of time.

When the music industry of the 60s produced music, they were happy with
the arrangments. Now its they turn of society to benfit.

The public domain has benefited society before. Shakespear's works have
formed the basis of works such as .... If the copyright to his works
extended that far, these derived works would not have been allowed to be
made.

The music industry could say that if copyright is extended, they will use
a portion of the profits to help discover new artists. But this is paltry
compensation in exchange for what we would be giving up.

The small unknown film maker who wants to use "Love me do" as incidental
music could not do so until 2063. (The current law would allow him to do
this in 2013.)

(Insert a couple more.)

(Insert a snappy conclusion.)
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