Not-So-Golden-Oldies score copyright win
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- You’d think rock ancients such as Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard (right), U2, Yoko Ono [Yoko Ono?], Barry Gibb, Petula Clark and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa [?] already have enough cash stashed away to keep themselves, their children, their children’s children, their children’s children’s children’s, and so on, in luxury.
But No. The greedy sods want more.
They were among 4,500 artists who last year signed a newspaper advertisement demanding the UK government extend the copyright in sound recordings to 95 years and now they’re, “celebrating a major victory” because a European Parliament committee says it’s OK to boost it to 95 years, says Times Online.
“Performing artists currently only receive royalties for fifty years after their song was released, meaning that musicians such as Sir Cliff Richard, who released hits in the late 1950s, are beginning to see their royalty cheques stop.”
“I’m absolutely fed up with singing Living Doll but I have sung it constantly since 1959 because every time I sing it live it generates sales of the original record and royalties to me,” he once said.
My goodness.
What they have to put up with!
:sigh:
Living Doll, in which Richard, real name Harold Webb, pretended to play the guitar solo, would have become dead to him this July as it entered the public domain.
But now ……
Meanwhile, “The legislation will now go to a meeting of the parliament on March 11, as well as the Council of Ministers,” says the story.
“There may be further horse-trading on the proposal before it is finally signed into law, given that the UK and other countries had suggested a term shorter than 95 years.”
Times Online – Musicians celebrate victory as go-ahead given for copyright to be extended to 95 years, February 13, 2009
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February 13th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Talk about milking it. Even the musicians are cash-cows instead of trying to write new material. I see now why the industry (man high ranking people are former musicians/producers are they not) is the way it is. Kinda like politics by George Carlin, “garbage in… garbage out.”
You know, why don’t we all chip in and get copyright and patents on common things like playing music, singing, writing music, painting, breathing, eating etc… I mean if they can claim rights to specific songs why not claim rights to the act itself? That way we can totally kill the companies and their lobbyists from existence. Then, after the dust settles we can change the laws again (because we’ll copyright that too) and make them 20yrs maximum before becoming public domain.
Talk about stimulation of creation eh? You can redo someone’s song after 20yrs or you can use a few notes that are similar (even if the chord progression is similar) and not be sued! And those who are ‘hits’ will have to keep writing and if they can’t, well they can remake someone else’s hits from 20+ years before.
February 13th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Idea to The Pirate Bay: feature a special “public domain” section, and put there the material that SHOULD become public domain. For the term, choose 14 years AFTER CREATION, as this is THE ORIGINAL copyright term.
February 14th, 2009 at 1:40 am
ya like ok 95 years, you keep all this cash in some bank that never lends it out ( new order ) or to other rich folk to make more for themselves.
What does lil mister worker get.
Nothing.
Damn greedy bastards, about time some nut tossed a brick at some of these rich noobs homes. and and cause some real economic stimulus in the order of the minimum wage guy that will have to come out and repair it.
they dont give back, they are just take take take take. SO everyone ignore hte laws and pirate away, they cant put us all in jails and refuse to apy the fines, in aobut 5 years that will nanmkrupt whats left of the sustem as half the dran planet will be in prison for copyright infringement. AND guess what LET THEM PAY FOR MY MEALS and FREE CABLE TV.
February 16th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
“Youâd think rock ancients such as Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard (right), U2, Yoko Ono [Yoko Ono?], Barry Gibb, Petula Clark and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa . . .”
These old fart with their “music for mentally impared? they can keep their shits for themselves!
After the Beethovens the Mozarts the Byron and the Poe passed in from of them they really look like craps!
They can keep their pile of garbages. I am not interested even remotly! Sorry!