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Maybe but the MCPS members (who are usually dual PRS members anyway)
would be very interested as this is what their members gain income
from in terms of master use licensing. Remember also that PRS/MCPS
members are also corporations (guess which ones) these days.
And also, supporting copyright extension is not going to do them any
harm - if (god forbid) that they wanted to extend another form of
copyright...
David
On 3 Jul 2006, at 10:47, Tim Cowlishaw wrote:
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That's interesting - I personally would have thought that PRS-MCPS
would be fairly neutral on the issue of term extension, if not
directly opposed to it. As their members are songwriters and composers
rather than performers, and already have a life+70 copyright in their
musical works, surely it would be advantageous for them for recordings
of their works performed by others to enter the public domain, as it
would lead to increased exploitation of the underlying musical work
which continues to be protected?
cheers,
Tim
On 7/3/06, David Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Interesting article in M the in-house publication of the PRS/MCPS by
Andrew Gower, the ex-Financial Times editor and Chair of the
Government's review into Intellectual Property:
<quote>
One issue in particular has drawn masses of attention and voluminous
submissions: the length of copyright term on sound recordings. We
have learned submissions from Pink Floyd calling for an extension –
not to mention a campaign fronted by performers whose 50-year-old
recordings are about to lose copyright protection.
The consumer organisations also have strong things to say on this,
proving that there is more than one side to every argument. The issue
is an explicit part of the Gower Review's remit, and we'll be
conducting our own work on the likely costs and benefits of term
extension.
</quote>
Gower, Andrew (2006). Comment: Fathoming IP's Future. M. MCPS/PRS
Members Music Magazine. Issue 20. June 2006. pp 50
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