Re: [News] Intellectual Monopolies Kill Art, Give Welfare to Lazy Sons of Singers

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Once More, With Feeling: Copyright Is Not A Welfare System For Musicians
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> | Performance rights in the UK only last 50 years, so music performed in the 
> | 60s has started to move into the public domain, and some musicians are 
> | freaking out. They first tried to push for an extension using some famous 
> | musicians, like Cliff Richards and Ringo Starr, but later realized that 
> | people didn't have any sympathy for aging millionaire rockers, demanding more 
> | money. So, after that proposal failed, they switched tactics, talking about 
> | how poor studio musicians needed copyright extension as a form of welfare      
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> http://techdirt.com/articles/20081126/0807212958.shtml
I think this ridiculous argument can be summed up by the last sentence 
in that article:
"The UK government should reject this blatant and unfair renegotiation 
of terms, and tell the musicians if they want to ask someone for a 
handout, why not turn to the record labels who apparently didn't pay 
them enough in the first place."