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Billy Bragg
Apr, 25 2009
Respected British folk singer and political activist Billy Bragg has hit out against a recent ruling by the European Union which, if passed, will extend music copyright from 50 years to 95 years. He dismissed the move as nothing more than an opportunity to deliver a welcome windfall to beleaguered record labels still creaking under the strain of accommodating the digital age, saying that the EU plan "simply perpetuates recording contracts that were signed in the last 50 years." With far lower costs now required to produce music for public consumption, Bragg argues that record labels will simply add the money to their bottom line. His solution is to grant copyright to a national collection society which would then distribute income earned after 50 years directly to artists and performers. He further suggested that the recording industry needed to find new ways to make money out of free music; as he points out, "there ain’t no way we’re going to stop it." But with the industry scrambling for position as the situation careers out of their control, it remains to be seen whether Bragg’s pragmatic solution will find any takers.
