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UK Green Party Proposes 14-year Copyright Term - Artists are not Amused

posted by LaminatorX on Friday April 24 2015, @02:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the useful-progress dept.

xorsyst writes:

It's election season in the UK, and the Green Party's policy document has been coming under scrutiny recently. In it is a desire to reduce copyright term to 14 years (not life + 14 years, but 14 years from publication).

Unsurprisingly, this has received a bit of a backlash from various parties.

There's no chance the Green Party will form the next government, so this is all academic, but is this a sensible idea? Are people overreacting?

 
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  • (Score: 2) by hash14 on Friday April 24 2015, @11:01PM

    by hash14 (1102) on Friday April 24 2015, @11:01PM (#174877)

    Plus, musicians could also make money from shows, performances, endorsements, and other appearances. But of course their management agencies (RIAA et. al.) take all of these proceeds away.

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  • (Score: 2) by melikamp on Saturday April 25 2015, @12:26AM

    by melikamp (1886) on Saturday April 25 2015, @12:26AM (#174899) Journal
    Absolutely true, but to stress my point about digital music files in particular: there is NO WAY a popular musician won't be able to convince her fans to pay for files through her website and/or official retailer. Even I would do it.

    • (Score: 2) by hash14 on Saturday April 25 2015, @12:36AM

      by hash14 (1102) on Saturday April 25 2015, @12:36AM (#174900)

      Indeed - I completely agree.

      I just realized that I must have skipped over your second-to-last sentence before I hit the reply button because you already stated everything I did in my post. My apologies...

  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday April 25 2015, @09:52PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday April 25 2015, @09:52PM (#175178) Homepage Journal

    Actually, the money's in touring, not record sales. The labels get most of the money for records.

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