Thursday 7 December 2006

Another Whore At The Corporate Gangbang

Peter Gabriel has joined Cliff Richard and U2 in calling for an extension of copyright on sound recordings from 50 years to 95 years. I would have credited Gabriel with more sense, but it seems that the record company has got to him.

Of course, I'm not quite sure why anybody would give a fuck about what U2, an Irish band who pay their taxes in Holland, have to say about British copyright issues.

1 comment:

Ten-Bob Dylan said...

Yeah, someone was on Radio 2 the other day defending the extension. As you know it mainly relates to performance royalties. We were told to feel sorry for Ringo Starr - of the Beatles - because he might stop getting that yearly cheque for his piss poor playing at the beginning of the Beatles career. Really, if these people haven't made enough money out of their performance royalties after 50 years they need to think about what the hell they are doing.