Paul McCartney, U2 and Eric Clapton joined thousands of other musicians Thursday in an appeal to the government to extend the British copyright protection on their recordings.
The performers took out a full-page advertisement in the Financial Times newspaper calling for “fair play for musicians,” in response to a report recommending that the government maintain its current laws granting copyrights on sound recordings and performers’ rights for 50 years.
That falls well short of the 95-year copyright protection that exists in the United States, and the recording industry fears that British artists could see their work exploited in their lifetimes.
Some of the Beatles catalog could be up for grabs for compilation releases beginning in 2012, including early hits like “Love Me Do” and “I Saw Her Standing There.”
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