EU Commissioner Proposes 95 year Copyright 591
Albanach writes "The European Union Commissioner for the Internal Market has today proposed extending the copyright term for musical recordings to 95 years. He also wishes to investigate options for new levies on blank discs, data storage and music and video players to compensate artists and copyright holders for 'legal copying when listeners burn an extra version of an album to play one at home and one in the car ... People are living longer and 50 years of copyright protection no longer give lifetime income to artists who recorded hits in their late teens or early twenties, he said.'"
Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously, Crack is cheaper and more plentiful over there.
I agree! (Score:5, Funny)
Aww, damnit. (Score:4, Funny)
oh well (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Trolling (Score:4, Funny)
I'm also copyrighting(c) the word copyleft(c), so you Gnu folks won't get away with it either.
And the copyright(c) (c) notation? Yep, copyrighting(c) that too.
This post copyright(c) me, 2008.
You FAIL (Score:5, Funny)
I hereby copyright Trolling. Nobody is allowed to troll without my permission. License fees start at 100 BILLION dollars.
Sorry punk. You can only copyright your own troll posts. Provided the act of trolling weren't patented, which it is, by me.
My lawyers will be in touch.
Sincerely,
Mr. Underbridge
Resident Troll
Re:Why? (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Why bother? (Score:3, Funny)
Good point! They need to add a provision for guaranteed income even if the work isn't generating any.
Re:Sweet! (Score:4, Funny)
Obviously, Crack is cheaper and more plentiful over there.
-puk
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It also being done for Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
95 Years Not Enough (Score:2, Funny)