Comments on: EU Props Up Record Labels, Extends Album Copyright to 95yrs

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We all know that musicians get taken to the cleaners when they deal with record labels this has been proven with real accounting data time and again. I’m betting that in the future more “real” musicians will be more sensible and (1) not work with record labels thereby effectively killing the RIAA (2) price their material more fairly and allow lifetime ownership and (3) basically follow the Trent Reznor example which is: maintain a healthy relationship with your fans without them you are NOTHING.

By: Mord_Sith

Mord_Sith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is rediculous 95 years? Most bands will be broken up and doing reunion tours at least three times before half of this is over!

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Isn’t this tied with the worlds longest copyright term which is the Mexican copyright term or am I simply thinking of life + 95 years? This is just another step closer to eliminating the public domain really – even though it’s a LONG long way off in terms of our lifetimes it may as well be indefinite for the most part. Sad.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Open Rights Group has an interesting posting about this if anyone is interested: http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/07/16/eu-commission-proposes-copyright-term-extension-and-ignores-all-the-evidence/