http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2004/11/11/13/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2004/11/11/13/#comment-11 machine envy » On the record: Blair wants to extend copyright terms Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:44:43 +0000 http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/?p=13#comment-11 [...] Via Technollama, this story in last weekend’s Sunday Times focuses on Cliff Richard’s campaign (blogged here in 2004) to extend the term of copyright on sound recordings, and on the Blair family’s habit of holidaying at Sir Cliff’s Barbados pad gratis since 2003. From a written record obtained by the newspaper of an internal Labour meeting, the Sunday Times reveals that: “Two of those present at the Labour meeting say Blair indicated he would support an increase in the copyright term to 70 years and expressed surprise that the prime minister seemed well informed about the issue.” [...]