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EU to Extend Copyright, Break Royalty Monopolies

torrentfreak.com — As we mentioned earlier in the week, EU commissioner McCreevy has been pushing for a longer copyright period for recorded performances. This proposal has now passed the commission and is on the way to the parliament. The upside however, is that the commission also aims to break music royalty monopolies.

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  • DustPuppySnr, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1How come the whole world needs to plan for retirement, except for the struggling artists?
  • Kasot, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Breaking the royality monopoly is actually quite a big deal. Hopefully it will make a huge impact on online services, since TONO etc. cant deny artist to sell their work through alternative channels. It really is just up to the artist now.
  • compu73rg33k, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1If they want to get paid for their whole life, how about when they die all their work becomes public domain? Oh, no but that wouldn't let everyone else who leeched on the star to get paid throughout their whole life too.
  • dsmx, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Hmm so the extend copyright which only benefits the record companies but to counter the negative PR from this the pass a law which offers no punishment for royalty monopolies.

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