From:  "Virgils Ghost" <no@spam.com>
Date:  20 Apr 2006 03:32:08 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/rec.audio.misc
Subject:  

Re: recording copyright term extension

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 wrote in message 
news:1145438662.904944.73380@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Sorry for the slightly off topic post, but it's sent to groups where
> people may have some interest in this.
>
> I heard on several news reports yesterday that Sir Cliff Richard is now
> fronting the campaign to extend the duration of recording copyright in
> the UK.

What a greedy pious old bastard, there is little incentive for record 
companies to develop new talent when they can just live off 50 year old tat 
that was originally produced for 2 shillings in the dark ages.

When Sir Cliff originally produced his 'marvellous contributions to popular 
culture' what was the copyright term, 20 years?