Friday, April 21, 2006

British pop's 'crown jewels' at risk from copyright laws

British pop's 'crown jewels' at risk from copyright laws:
Daily Post
icLiverpool, publication date: 19 April 2006
"Currently, performers in the UK receive payments on sound recordings for 50 years. Songwriters get royalties for life plus 70 years.

The law should give sound recordings 95 years' protection, the performers say, as was adopted in the US in 1998."

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