On the record: Blair wants to extend copyright terms
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.”Read the rest here.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:17 pm On the record: Blair wants to extend copyright terms…
nice…..
August 4th, 2006 at 7:01 pm I am disappointed to hear that Blair is considering going down the wrong road on extension we travelled here in the US.
November 27th, 2006 at 12:04 pm [...] Boingboing may be reporting this as a victory, but the battle isn’t over yet. The government will need to agree with Gowers, and as we know, a lot of high-level lobbyists have been side-stepping the independent review and going straight to the top. This week is the week to be making noise about why copyright terms shouldn’t be extended. My column in the New Statesmen this week is dedicated to the issue. [...]