Archive for November, 2006

Fifty Is Only Sudden When England Are Bowling

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I was pleased to read this morning that it’s going to be recommended that musical copyright terms aren’t extended from their current 50 years. And I particularly enjoyed this quote from a music journalist:

“You can make a record in 1955 and have been getting royalties. Suddenly they’re gone.”

Suddenly? Since when has a fifty year warning counted as sudden?!