Re: UK music copyright to be extended to 100 years

On Jun 07, 2005, at 22:35, Bill Godfrey - LSoI Designs wrote:

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Very few musical works are still successful after 50 years. For every 
Cliff Richard and Rolling Stones, there are hundreds or thousands of 
artists whose works are long out print and locked up in some recording 
studio's vault, if they still exist at all. Extending copyright further 
will mean that they still can't be made available.

Also the few works that are successful are cash cows, which can make 
the studios money for little effort. Recording studios are likely to 
use their extended-copyrighted back catalogue as a *substitute* for 
encouraging new talent, not as a way of paying for it.

Alex
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